Paul Ferguson | |
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 The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson in 2021 | |
| Born | Paul John Ferguson 13 July 1955 |
| Occupation | Church of England bishop |
Paul John Ferguson FRCO (born 13 July 1955) [1] is a Church of England bishop. Since 2014, he has been the Bishop of Whitby. [2]
Ferguson was born on 13 July 1955. He was educated at Birkenhead School, an independent school in Merseyside. [3] Having been awarded an organ scholarship, he studied music at New College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976: [3] [4] as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1980. He undertook teacher training at Westminster College, Oxford completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). [3] He returned to his former school as a teacher and organ player. [4] He then returned to university, and studied theology at King's College, Cambridge while training for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge, a Liberal Anglo-Catholic theological college. [3] He graduated with a further BA in 1984. [1]
Ferguson was made a deacon at Petertide 1985 (30 June), by Ronald Brown, Bishop of Birkenhead, at St Mary-without-the-Walls, Chester, [5] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (29 June 1986), by Michael Baughen, Bishop of Chester, at Chester Cathedral. [6] After a curacy at St Mary, Chester he was Curate, Chaplain, Sacrist and Precentor at Westminster Abbey from 1988 to 1995. After this he was Precentor and a Residentiary Canon at York Minster until his appointment as Archdeacon of Cleveland in 2001. [7]
He was consecrated at York Minster on 3 July 2014 by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. [8] In the vacancy in See between the retirement of Sentamu and the confirmation of Stephen Cottrell, Ferguson was acting diocesan bishop. [9] His retirement has been announced for July 2024. [10]
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