Nicholas Henshall | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Chelmsford | |
 Henshall in 2018 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chelmsford |
| In office | 2014 to 2023 |
| Other post(s) | Vicar of New Groombridge (2023–present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1988 (deacon) 1989 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas James Henshall 6 April 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Nicholas James Henshall (born 6 April 1962) is a British Anglican priest and author, who served as Dean of Chelmsford from 2014 until 2023.
Henshall was born on 6 April 1962 in Mossley, England. He is the son of Michael Henshall, long-serving Bishop of Warrington. [1] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School; it was an all-boys direct grant grammar school when he joined, later becoming an independent school. [1] He spent a gap year at the British School at Athens, before studying Literae Humaniores (classics) at Wadham College, Oxford. [2] [3] He graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition 1984, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1988. [4] From 1985 to 1988, he studied theology and trained for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon. [1]
Henshall was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1988 and as a priest in 1989. [5] After a curacy at, St Mary, Blyth he was Vicar of St Margaret, Scotswood from 1992 to 2002; both parishes are in the Diocese of Newcastle. [4] He then became canon precentor of Derby Cathedral, serving in the role for six years. [1] He returned to parish ministry and was vicar of Christ Church, Harrogate in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from 2008 to 2014. [4] He also served as acting Archdeacon of Richmond from 2013 to 2014. [6]
In November 2013, Henshall was announced as the next Dean of Chelmsford, head (primus inter pares – first among equals) of the chapter of Chelmsford Cathedral in the Diocese of Chelmsford. [7] He was installed as dean at Chelmsford Cathedral during a service on 2 February 2014. [7] [8] In November 2022, he announced his intention to step down as dean the following year. [9] [10]
Henshall resigned the Deanery in February 2023 to return to parish ministry. [9] On 23 February 2023, he was licensed as vicar of New Groombridge in the Diocese of Chichester. [4] [11]
In 1991, Henshall married Christine. Together they have three children: two daughters and one son. [1]
The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport — the Cathedral Church of St Woolos. Reasons for not choosing the title of Newport included the existence of a Catholic Bishop of Newport until 1916. This apparent anomaly arose in 1921 when the diocese was created with no location for the cathedral yet chosen. Various options were being considered, such as restoring Tintern Abbey, building from scratch on Ridgeway Hill in Newport, and upgrading St Woolos, then a parish church; in the meantime the new diocese, as it covers more or less the territory of the county of Monmouth, was named the "Diocese of Monmouth". Prior to 1921 the area had been the archdeaconry of Monmouth.
Keith Michael Jukes was a senior Church of England priest. From 2007 to 2013, he was the dean of Ripon.
Simon Mark Aiken is Dean of Benoni and rector of St Dunstan's Cathedral in the Diocese of the Highveld. He was previously the 12th Dean of Kimberley and rector of St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley, in the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in South Africa. Born in England in 1962, he went to South Africa in 2006, initially as subdean at Bloemfontein Cathedral.
Paul Vernon Hughes is a British retired Anglican priest and the most recent Archdeacon of Bedford, in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans, 2003–2018.
Stephen John Waine is an Anglican priest. He served as the Dean of Chichester from February 2015 until April 2023 and is Dean Emeritus of Chichester.
The Dean of Chelmsford is the head and chair of the Cathedral Chapter, the governing body of Chelmsford Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Chelmsford and seat of the Bishop of Chelmsford. The Dean of Chelmsford is also responsible for the Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell-on-Sea, founded by St Cedd, among the oldest church buildings in regular use in England.
Richard Paul Davies is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2023, he has been Bishop of Dorking in the Church of England's Diocese of Guildford. He was Archdeacon of Bangor from 2012 to 2017 and then Archdeacon of Surrey from 2017 until becoming a bishop.
Janet Henderson is a Welsh Anglican priest and former nurse. In 2012, she became the first woman appointed to the post of Dean of Llandaff.
Robin Lucas Colin King is a retired Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Stansted in the Diocese of Chelmsford, 2013–2023.
Nicholas Charles Papadopulos is a Church of England priest and the Dean of Salisbury.
John Michael Oliver was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Leeds from 1992 to 2005.
Robert Wilfrid Springett is a British Anglican bishop. He has served as the Bishop of Tewkesbury since his consecration as a bishop on 30 November 2016. He previously served as the Archdeacon of Cheltenham in the same diocese from 2010.
Elwin Wesley Cockett is a British Anglican priest and chaplain. Since October 2007, he has been the Archdeacon of West Ham in the Diocese of Chelmsford.
The Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall, is an Anglican parish church in Killinghall, North Yorkshire, England. It was designed in 1879 by William Swinden Barber when the parish of Ripley was split to create the additional parish of Killinghall, and a new building was required to accommodate a growing congregation. It was opened in 1880. Among the early vicars posted in this benefice were two canons, Sydney Robert Elliston and Lindsay Shorland-Ball, and the Venerable Robert Collier, an Irish missionary who served in India and Africa.
Arun Arora is a British Anglican bishop and solicitor. Since, 2022 he has served as Bishop of Kirkstall in the Diocese of Leeds. From 2012 to 2017, he served as Director of Communications of the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, then until 2022 as vicar of St Nicholas' Church, Durham.
Robert Gerard "Bob" Cooper is the Archdeacon of Sunderland, honorary canon of Durham Cathedral and canon of Musoma Cathedral in Mara, Tanzania.
Christopher Mark Burke is a Church of England priest; he is the Archdeacon of Barking.
Paul Richard Thomas SSC is a British Anglican bishop who has served as Bishop of Oswestry, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lichfield, and the provincial episcopal visitor for the western half of the Province of Canterbury since February 2023. From 2011, he was vicar of St James's Church, Paddington.
