Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. With some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base. The population of the City of Sheffield is 582,506 (mid-2018 est.) and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group. Sheffield is the third-largest English district by population. The metropolitan population of Sheffield is 1,569,000.
John Barton is a British Anglican priest and biblical scholar. From 1991 to 2014, he was the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Oriel College. In addition to his academic career, he has been an ordained and serving priest in the Church of England since 1973. His research interests and extensive publications have been in the areas of the Old Testament prophets, the biblical canon, biblical interpretation, and Old Testament theology. From 2010 to 2013, he researched Ethics in Ancient Israel, having been funded by a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. Barton is a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2007. As of 2013, he continued to assist in services and other activities in the parish of Abingdon, in which he resides.
Matthew Shaun Kilgallon is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Indian club Hyderabad FC.
Michael Bruce Curry is an American bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. Elected in 2015, he is the first African American to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church. He was previously bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.
Paul Raymond Paton is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dunfermline Athletic. He has previously played for Queen's Park, Partick Thistle, Dundee United, St Johnstone, Plymouth Argyle and Falkirk. Born in Scotland, Paton has represented Northern Ireland at international level.
Bruce D. Chilton is an American scholar of early Christianity and Judaism. He is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, former Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist and formerly Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D in New Testament from Cambridge University. He has previously held academic positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster.
Steven John Lindsey Croft is a Church of England bishop and theologian specialising in mission. He is the Bishop of Oxford since the confirmation of his election on 6 July 2016. He was the Bishop of Sheffield from 2008 until 2016; previously he was Archbishops’ Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions, a joint Church of England and Methodist initiative. He falls within the open evangelical tradition of Anglicanism.
Christopher Charles Rowland is an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2014.
William David Hair McCall is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.
John Fitzmaurice Petty was an Anglican priest.
The Right Reverend Ian George MacQueen Wilson, was an eminent Anglican Priest in the 20th century.
Born on 6 March 1920, he was educated at Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1951. Initially he was Curate of St Margaret's, Glasgow and then Priest in charge of St Gabriel's, in the same city. He held incumbencies at Christ Church, Dalbeattie, St John's, Baillieston and St Paul's, Rothesay. He was Synod Clerk for the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles from 1977 to 1979 and then its Dean until 1987. He died on 18 November 1988.
The Very Rev Geraint Morgan Hugh Hughes is a retired Anglican Priest.
The Very. Rev Alfred Charles Eustace Jarvis was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century.
William Shaw Andrew MC was an Anglican priest in the mid 20th Century.
Robert Arthur "Bob" Gillies is a retired Scottish Anglican bishop. From 2006 to 2016, he served as the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He is also a published author.
Robert John Darrell Newhouse was an Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1966 to 1976.
John Michael Lucas was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1976 to 1981.
Douglas Leslie Bartles-Smith was an English Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Southwark from 1985 to 2004.
The Ven. John William Wingfield was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1979 to 1981.
Elizabeth M. Tansey is an Emerita Professor of the history of medicine and former neurochemist, best known for her role in the Wellcome Trust's witness seminars. She previously worked at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
