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Penelope May "Penny" Driver (born 20 February 1952) is an Anglican priest.

Driver was educated at Manchester University [1] and ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1994. She began her ordained ministry as a curate in Cullercoats and the Newcastle Diocesan Youth Advisor. After this, she was Youth Chaplain for the Diocese of Ripon from 1988 to 1996 [2] and then its Assistant Director of Ordinands from 1996 to 1998; and director from then until 2006, when she became Archdeacon of Exeter. In 2011, she was appointed Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness. [3] She retired in late 2016. [4]

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References

  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008ISBN 9780713685558
  2. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN   0-7151-8088-6
  3. Diocese of Exeter web site Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons' News — #18, October 2016 (Accessed 4 October 2016)
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Exeter
20062011
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness
20112016
Succeeded by
Vernon Ross
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