Richard Jeremy Ormston (born 17 November 1961) [1] has been Archdeacon of Northampton [2] [3] since 2014. [4]
Born in 1961, [1] Ormston was educated at Oak Hill Theological College and ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1988. After a curacy at St Mary, Rodbourne Cheney, [5] he was Rector of Collingtree with Courteenhall and Milton Malsor from 1991 to 2001 (and Rural Dean of Wootton from 1996 to 2001); then Rector of St Peter, Oundle from 2001 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Northampton. [6] He was also Rural Dean of Oundle and an honorary canon of Peterborough Cathedral from 2003 until 2013. He is additionally Acting Archdeacon of Oakham, 1 December 2021 –6 February 2022. [7]
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