Stephen Taylor (priest)

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Stephen Taylor
Senior Chaplain to the Bishop of Dover; and Archdeacon
Diocese Diocese of Canterbury
In office27 September 2020 – present
Other post(s)Canon Provost, Sunderland Minster (2000–2011)
Archdeacon of Maidstone (2011–2020)
Joint Acting Archdeacon of Canterbury (2015–2017)
Orders
Ordination1983 (deacon); 1984 (priest)
Personal details
Born (1955-05-02) 2 May 1955 (age 67)
Bradford, West Yorkshire
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglican
Residence Penenden Heath, Maidstone
ParentsRonald & Joyce Taylor
Spouse
Julie Anderson
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(m. 1981)​
Children4
Alma mater Cranmer Hall, Durham

Stephen Ronald Taylor, MBE (born 2 May 1955) is a senior priest in the Church of England and a former Archdeacon of Maidstone in the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Family and education

Taylor was born on 2 May 1955 to Ronald and Joyce Taylor in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. [1] He attended Sunday School at and was confirmed at the Open Evangelical St Peter's Shipley.[ citation needed ] He was a community recreation officer in Bradford in 1978. [1] From 1980 to 1983, he attended theological college at Cranmer Hall, Durham. [2]

In 1981, he married Julie Anderson, [1] a senior educational psychologist at St Peter's Shipley.[ citation needed ] They have three adult daughters and one son who predeceased his parents. [1]

Ordained ministry

Taylor was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 and as a priest in 1984. He served his title post as an assistant curate at St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street in the Diocese of Durham. [2]

His first incumbency was as vicar of St Matthew's, Newbottle (from 1988) and honorary Chaplain at Frankland Prison (from 1989) until his 1993 move to All Saints Stranton, Hartlepool, where he was a training incumbent. While there, Taylor was awarded his Master of Arts (MA) by Durham University in 1999; in the same year he became an Honorary Canon of the diocese of Rift Valley, Tanzania. In 2000, he became Canon Provost at Sunderland Minster, where he led a team of ministers in various sector ministries at the newly established "Urban Minster". During his time in that post, he also became an honorary canon at Durham Cathedral. He remained in Sunderland until his archidiaconal appointment in 2011.

Taylor was installed and collated as Archdeacon of Maidstone by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral on 18 September 2011, [3] and welcomed in a civic ceremony at All Saints Church, Maidstone on 25 September. As Archdeacon, he has responsibility for his archdeaconry and for "help[ing] churches better support their local communities" across the diocese, [3] as part of the diocesan Communities and Partnership framework. From 6 December 2015 until 22 January 2017, Taylor was also Joint Acting Archdeacon of Canterbury, alongside Philip Down, Archdeacon of Ashford. [4] Taylor took up a new appointment (ceasing to be Archdeacon of Maidstone) on 27 September 2020, as Senior Chaplain to Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover, and an archdeacon (albeit without a territorial archdeaconry). [5] Since 1 January 2021, he has also been seconded as Acting Diocesan Secretary. [6]

Charities and committees

Outside of his clerical posts, Taylor also: founded the Kilimatinde Trust, Tanzania in 1997; sat on the Church of England's General Synod (2000–2005); Chaired the 'Church and Society' working group for Durham and Newcastle dioceses (2005–2006); was Chairman of the Sunderland Local Partnership (2006–2011); and became an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sunderland in 2009. He was invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2009. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Taylor, Ven. Stephen Ronald, (born 2 May 1955), Archdeacon of Maidstone, 2011–20; Senior Chaplain to the Bishop of Dover, since 2020". Who's Who 2022 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Stephen Ronald Taylor" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 Kent News – Archbishop installs new Archdeacon of Maidstone Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Diocese of Canterbury — Notices about people and places (Accessed 10 January 2016)
  5. ↑ https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/11-september/gazette/appointments/appointments &
  6. ↑ "Diocese of Canterbury | Julian Hills to retire".
  7. ↑ Who's Who

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