Mandy Ford

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The Very Reverend

Mandy Ford
Dean of Bristol
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Bristol
In officeOctober 2020 to present
Predecessor David Hoyle
Personal details
Born
Amanda Kirstine Ford

1961 (age 61–62)
Wool, Dorset, England
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism
Parents Sir David Ford (father)
PartnerAnne (cp. 2007)
Alma mater

Amanda Kirstine Ford (known as Mandy; born 1961) [1] is a British Anglican priest who has served as Dean of Bristol since 3 October 2020. [2]

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Early life and education

Ford was born in 1961 in Wool, Dorset, England. [3] Her father was Sir David Frost, an army officer at the time of her birth who became a civil servant and rose to become Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. [4] She was educated at Cranborne Chase School, an all-girls private boarding school in Wiltshire. [3] She studied fine art at the Central School of Art, Middlesex University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1983. [3] [5] She was a self-employed artist from 1988 to 1992, and also a teacher at The Maynard School in Exeter from 1990 to 1996. [3] Having studied with the Open University, she completed a Master of Education (MEd) [3] or Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1997. [5]

From 1998 to 2000, Ford trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. [5] She would later graduate from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 2004. [5] She has am MA degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in ethics and biblical interpretation from the University of Nottingham: her doctoral thesis was titled "The self in the mirror of the Scriptures: the hermeneutics and ethics of Paul Ricoeur" and was submitted in 2012. [6]

Ordained ministry

Ford was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2000 and as a priest in 2001. [5] She served her curacy at the Parish of the Resurrection, Leicester from 2000 to 2005. [3] As a curate, she worked with excluded children in Leicester. She then joined the Diocese of Leicester as vicar of Beaumont Leys, and in 2008 became Chair of the Fabric Advisory Committee of Leicester Cathedral. [7]

She had been Canon Chancellor of Southwark Cathedral and Director of Ministerial Education in the Diocese of Southwark since 2014 to 2020. [8] [9] [10] She was also Interim Director of the Ministry Division of the Church of England between 2018 and 2019. [11] [12]

In June 2020, it was announced that she would be the next Dean of Bristol Cathedral. [13] She was installed as the 43rd Dean of Bristol on 3 October 2020: this made the Diocese of Bristol the first Church of England diocese to have women serving as both dean and diocesan bishop. [2]

Personal life

Ford has been in a same-sex civil partnership with Anne since 2007. [3] [14]

Selected works

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References

  1. ↑ "Amanda Kirstine Ford" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Installation of the Revd Canon Dr Mandy Ford as Dean of Bristol marks a first for the Church of England". Diocese of Bristol. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ford, Very Rev. Dr Amanda Kirstine, (born 9 Jan. 1961), Dean of Bristol, since 2020". Who's Who 2022 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ford, Sir David (Robert), (22 Feb. 1935–10 Sept. 2017), Chief Secretary, Hong Kong Government, 1986–93; Chairman: PCCW (Europe), since 2003; UK Broadband, since 2004". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amanda Kirstine Ford" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Ford, Amanda Kirstine (2012). "The self in the mirror of the Scriptures: the hermeneutics and ethics of Paul Ricoeur". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "New Dean of Bristol Announced". Bristol Cathedral. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Clergy: The Revd Canon Dr Mandy Ford – Canon Chancellor". Southwark Cathedral. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "New Dean of Bristol Announced". Bristol Cathedral. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "NEW DEAN OF BRISTOL ANNOUNCED". Diocese of Bristol. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Dr Mandy Ford to lead Church of England's Ministry Division". The Church of England. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Dr Mandy Ford to lead Church of England's Ministry Division". Diocese of Southwark. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Reverend Canon Doctor Amanda Ford appointed Dean of Bristol: 3 June 2020". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ↑ Ford, Mandy (28 January 2020). "What the Bishops Could Have Said…". ViaMedia.News. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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