Peter Rouch

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The Reverend
Peter Rouch
Chief Executive of Church Army
Assumed office
2021
Profession Clergyman
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglicanism)
Church Church of England
Ordained1999 (deacon)
2000 (priest)
Offices held
 Archdeacon of Bournemouth (2011–2020)

Peter Bradford Rouch [1] (born 22 April 1966) is a British Anglican priest. Since May 2021, he has been CEO of the Church Army. [2] He was Archdeacon of Bournemouth in the Church of England's Diocese of Winchester from 2011 to 2020. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Rouch was born on 22 April 1966 in Rochester, Kent, England. He was educated at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, an all-boys grammar school in Rochester. [5] He studied zoology at Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987: [5] as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. [6] He worked for Barclays Bank, [2] before training for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge from 1996 to 1999. [6] While at Westcott, he also studied theology at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a further BA degree in 1998: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree. [5]

Career

Ordained ministry

Rouch was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1999 and as a priest in 2000. [7] He served his curacy at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich in the Diocese of Southwark from 1999 to 2002. [6] He was on the staff of St Stephen's House, Oxford as a junior research fellow from 2002 to 2004. [8] During this time, he began studying for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Manchester, which he completed in 2005 with a doctoral thesis titled "The Christian doctrine of time in negotiation with contemporary physics ". [6] [9] He was also chaplain to St John's College, Oxford for the 2003/2004 academic year. [5]

Rouch returned to parish ministry and was Priest in charge of Miles Platting in the Diocese of Manchester from 2005 to 2011. [10] This covered two parish's in a deprived are of inner-city Manchester. [2] [11] From 2007 to 2011, he was also an honorary research fellow at the University of Manchester. [8] From 2011 to 2020, he was Archdeacon of Bournemouth in the Diocese of Winchester. [6] He was elected to the General Synod of the Church of England in 2013. [8]

In October 2020, Rouch left Winchester to join the staff at Church House, Westminster, working as principal external consultant for the "Transforming Effectiveness" programme. [2]

Outside the Church of England

Since May 2021, he has served as Chief Executive of the Church Army, an evangelistic and mission community associated with the Church of England. [2] [12] In February 2024, it was announced that he would be the next secretary general of The Mission to Seafarers: he will take up the post in September 2024. [13]

Personal life

In 1994, Rouch married Tracey. They have two daughters. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Companies House
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Thornton, Ed (15 February 2021). "The Ven. Dr Peter Rouch to be Church Army's Chief Executive". Church Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Bournemouth Echo
  4. ↑ "Winchester - News - Archdeacon Peter to leave the Diocese of Winchester".
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rouch, Ven. Peter Bradford, (born 22 April 1966), Archdeacon of Bournemouth, since 2011". Who's Who 2020 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Peter Bradford Rouch" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Adrian Harbidge" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "The Ven Dr Peter Bradford ROUCH". The Church of England Year Book. Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Rouch, Peter B. (2004). "The Christian doctrine of time in negotiation with contemporary physics". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ↑ ‘ROUCH, Ven. Peter Bradford’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 4 Aug 2017
  11. ↑ "Meet the New CEO: Peter Rouch". Church Army. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Peter Rouch - Chief Executive". Church Army. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Peter Rouch appointed Mission to Seafarers secretary general". Seatrade Maritime. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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