Stephen Hance

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Stephen Hance
Dean of Toronto
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Hance in March 2018
Church Church of England
Anglican Church of Canada
In office2024–present
Predecessor Stephen Vail
Other post(s)National Lead for Evangelism (2017–2024)
Canon Missioner of Southwark Cathedral (2013–2017)
Dean of Derby (2017–2019)
Orders
Ordination1993 (deacon)
1994 (priest)
by  Timothy Bavin
Personal details
Born
Stephen John Hance

(1966-04-16) 16 April 1966 (age 57)
Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism
SpouseJacqui
Children3
Alma mater

Stephen John Hance (born 16 April 1966) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2024, he has been Dean of Toronto and Rector of St. James Cathedral. He has previously served as National Lead for Evangelism and Witness for the Church of England, Dean of Derby, and Canon Missioner of Southwark Cathedral and Director of Mission and Evangelism for the Diocese of Southwark.

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Early life and education

Hance was born on 16 April 1966 in Kisumu, Kenya. [1] He studied sociology at Portsmouth Polytechnic, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1989. [1] [2] In 1990, he entered St John's College, Nottingham, an Open Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry. [2] During this time he also studied theology, and he graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1992. [2] [1] He undertook postgraduate studies in mission and ministry, and graduated from Nottingham with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1993. [2] [1] He then left theological college to be ordained in the Church of England. [2] After a number of years of part-time study at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, United States, he completed a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree in missional church leadership in 2009. [1]

Ordained ministry

Hance was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon on 26 September 1993, [3] and as a priest on 2 October 1994 — both times by Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth, at Portsmouth Cathedral. [4] From 1993 to 1996, he served his curacy at St Jude's Church, Southsea in the Diocese of Portsmouth. [1] He then moved to the Diocese of London to join the Tollington Team as Team Vicar of St Mark's Church, Tollington Park. [2] [1] From 1997 to 1999, he was also a member of the Bishop of Stepney's Council. [1]

In 1999, Hance moved to the Diocese of Southwark to take up his first incumbency. [1] [5] From 1999 to 2013, he served as Vicar of the Church of the Ascension, Balham Hill. [2] [1] From 1999 to 2004, he was also Director of Post-Ordination Training for the Kingston Episcopal Area. [1] In 2013, he joined Southwark Cathedral as Canon Missioner and was also appointed Director of Mission and Evangelism for the Diocese of Southwark. [5] [2] In 2015, he was elected a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. [1]

On 5 June 2017, it was announced that he would be the next Dean of Derby, the first among equals in the chapter of Derby Cathedral and the most senior priest in the Diocese of Derby. [5] [1] He was installed as dean during a service on 30 September 2017. [1]

In 2019 he was appointed the Church of England's National Lead for Evangelism and Witness, based at Church House, Westminster; [6] he resigned the Deanery on 30 September 2019 and took up the new role. [7]

In October 2023, Hance was appointed Dean of Toronto and Rector of St. James Cathedral. He was installed in the Cathedral on 14 January 2024. [8]

Views

Hance is as a liberal Evangelical Anglican. [9] He has spoken out against the perception that the Diocese of Southwark has a Liberal Catholic bias. [9]

Personal life

Hance is married to Jacqui and they have three children. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "A New Dean for Derby Cathedral". Derby Cathedral. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stephen John Hance" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 6825. 3 December 1993. p. 5. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 7 June 2017– via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 6871. 21 October 1994. p. 5. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 7 June 2017– via UK Press Online archives.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "A New Dean for Derby Cathedral". Diocese of Derby. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Stephen Hance named as new National Lead for Evangelism and Witness for the Church of England" . Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Very Revd Dr Stephen Hance appointed National Lead for Evangelism and Witness for the Church of England".
  8. ↑ "Diocese to welcome new Dean". Diocese of Toronto. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  9. 1 2 Cutting, Alastair; Gates, Simon; Hance, Stephen (20 March 2015). "The diocese of Southwark, and how Evangelicals see it". Church Times. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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