Hayward Osborne

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Hayward Osborne
Archdeacon of Birmingham
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Birmingham
In officeMay 2001 to November 2018
Predecessor John Duncan
Orders
Ordination1973 (deacon)
1974 (priest)
Personal details
Born
Hayward John Osborne

(1948-09-16) 16 September 1948 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism
Spouse
Sandra Julie Hollander
(m. 1973)
ChildrenFive
Education Sevenoaks School
Alma mater New College, Oxford
Westcott House, Cambridge

Hayward John Osborne (born 16 September 1948) is a retired British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Birmingham from 2001 [1] [2] until his 2018 retirement. He was previously a parish priest in the Diocese of Rochester, the Diocese of Worcester, and the Diocese of Birmingham.

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Early life and education

Osborne was born on 16 September 1948 to Ernest and Frances Joy Osborne. [3] He was educated at Sevenoaks School, a private school in Sevenoaks, Kent. [3] He studied at New College, Oxford and Westcott House, Cambridge. [4]

Ordained ministry

Osborne was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1973 and as a priest in 1974. [4] From 1973 to 1977, he served his curacy at St Peter and St Paul, Bromley in the Diocese of Rochester. [3] He moved to the Diocese of Worcester where he was an assistant curate at St John the Baptist, Halesowen between 1977 and 1980. [4] From 1980 to 1983, he was Team Vicar of St John's, Halesowen. [4] Then, from 1983 to 1988, he was Team Rector of St Barnabas, Worcester. [3]

In 1988, Osborne moved to the Diocese of Birmingham. [4] He was Vicar of St Mary's Church, Moseley from 1988 until 2001. [3] He was also Area Dean of Moseley from 1994 until 2001. [5] In May 2001, he was appointed Archdeacon of Birmingham. [6] He was also priest in charge of St Bartholomew's Church, Allen's Cross from 2008 to 2009. [4]

From 1998 to 2015, Osborne was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. [7] He retired on 1 November 2018. [8]

Personal life

In 1973, Osborne married Sandra Julie Hollander. Together they have five children; three daughters and two sons. [3]

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References

  1. Church News The Times (London, England), Tuesday, April 03, 2001; pg. 18; Issue 67103
  2. Diocese of Birmingham
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "OSBORNE, Ven. Hayward John". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hayward John Osborne" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. Crockford's 2008-09 p608 Lambeth, Church House, 2008 ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0
  6. "Archdeacons". Diocese of Birmingham. Church of England. 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  7. ‘OSBORNE, Ven. Hayward John’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 14 Dec 2015
  8. "Notification of Appointments - The Church of England - Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018.
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Birmingham
2001 2018
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