Joanne Grenfell

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Joanne Woolway Grenfell (born 27 May 1972) is a bishop of the Church of England serving as Bishop of Stepney, an area bishop of the Diocese of London, since 2019. [1]

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Early life and education

Grenfell was born on 27 May 1972. [2] She was educated at Egglescliffe School, a comprehensive school in Eaglescliffe, County Durham. She studied at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1993. [3] She then moved to Canada, where she studied English literature at the University of British Columbia: she graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1994. [4] She returned to Oriel to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree on the writing of Edmund Spenser. [5] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Spenser and the culture of place", and her DPhil was awarded in 1997. [6]

Grenfell was a lecturer in English Literature Oriel College, Oxford until 1998. [3] She then trained for ordained ministry in the Church of England at Westcott House, Cambridge from 1998 until 2000. [7]

Ordained ministry

She was ordained deacon (alongside her husband James Grenfell) in Liverpool Cathedral, at Petertide (2 July) 2000, by John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds (who had been Bishop of Warrington until shortly beforehand). [8] They were both ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (10 June 2001) by James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral. [9]

Following a curacy in Kirkby in the Diocese of Liverpool, she was appointed Priest in charge in the Sheffield Manor ecumenical team ministry. [10] Following this she was a Residentiary Canon at Sheffield Cathedral, [11] Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Dean of Women's Ministry in the Diocese of Sheffield until her archidiaconal appointment in the Diocese of Portsmouth, being installed at a service at Portsmouth Cathedral on 14 April 2013, serving as Archdeacon of Portsdown [12] until 2019. [13]

Episcopal ministry

Her consecration as bishop, and start of her tenure as Bishop of Stepney, was on 3 July 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral; [14] the principal consecrator was Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Suffragan Bishop of Stepney: 7 May 2019". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
  2. ↑ "Grenfell, Joanne Woolway" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 July 2016.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. 1 2 "Stepney, Area Bishop of, (Rt Rev. Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell) (born 27 May 1972)". Who's Who 2021 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Crockfords on line accessed by subscription Saturday 20 April 2013
  5. ↑ "Joanne Grenfell". Diocese of London. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Woolway, Joanne (1997). "Spenser and the culture of place". E-Thesis Online Servie. The British Library Press. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Joanne Woolway Grenfell" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 7168. 7 July 2000. p. 18. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 7220. 6 July 2001. p. 21. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ↑ "Church web page". Manorparish.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Sheffield Anglican". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  12. ↑ @CofEPortsmouth magazine 'Archdeacon Joanne is new Bishop of Stepney' Number 6 June 2019 p4
  13. ↑ Diocese of Portsmouth (17 December 2012). "Portsmouth Anglican". Portsmouth Anglican. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "New Bishop of Stepney announced | Diocese of London". London.anglican.org. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "New Bishop of Stepney consecrated at St Paul's | Diocese of London". London.anglican.org. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Portsdown
2013–2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Stepney
2019–present		Incumbent
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