David Picken

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David Anthony Picken (born 5 June 1963) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2020, he has served as the Archdeacon of Lancaster; he previously served as Archdeacon of Newark since 2012. [1]

Biography

Picken was born in Hednesford, Staffordshire on 5 June 1963. [2] He was educated at Kingsmead School, Hednesford and the University of London. He was firstly a teacher of Religious Studies; then ordained deacon in 1990, and priest in 1991. [3] After a curacy in Worth, West Sussex he was Team Vicar and Hospital Chaplain in Wordsley then Team Rector of High Wycombe [4]

References

  1. "David Picken - Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham". southwell.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. "Picken, Ven. David Anthony". Who's Who 2022 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008–09 p 642 London, Church House Publishing, 2008 ISBN   978-0-7151-1029-4
  4. ‘PICKEN, Ven. David Anthony’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Newark
2012–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Lancaster
2020–present
Incumbent