Steven Betts

Last updated

The Venerable

Steven Betts
Archdeacon of Norfolk
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Norwich
In office29 April 2012–present
Orders
Ordination1990 (deacon)
1991 (priest)
Personal details
Born
Steven James Betts

(1964-11-22) 22 November 1964 (age 58)
Spouse
Sarah Taylor
​
(m. 1992)​
ChildrenThree
Education Nottingham Bluecoat School
Alma mater University of York
Ripon College Cuddesdon
University of Oxford

Steven James Betts (born 22 November 1964) is a British Church of England priest. Since 2012, he has been the Archdeacon of Norfolk.

Contents

Early life and education

Betts was born on 22 November 1964 to Ronald and Mary Betts. [1] He grew up in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. [2] He was educated at the Nottingham Bluecoat School, then a grammar school. [1] He studied chemistry at the University of York and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1986. [2] [3]

In 1987, Betts entered Ripon College Cuddesdon to train for ordination. [3] During this time, he also studied theology at the University of Oxford, completing a Certificate in Theology (CTh) in 1990. [1]

Ordained ministry

Betts was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1990 and as a priest in 1991. [3] From 1990 to 1994, he served his curacy at Holy Cross Church, Bearsted, Kent, in the Diocese of Canterbury. [1]

In 1994, Betts moved to the Diocese of Norwich. [4] From 1994 to 1997, he served as chaplain to Peter Nott, the then Bishop of Norwich. [1] From 1997 to 2005, he was Vicar of the Church of St Margaret, Old Catton, Norfolk. Between 2001 and 2005, he was additionally the Rural Dean of Norwich North. [3] From 2005 to 2012, he was the Bishop's Officer for Ordinands and Initial Training [1] [2] In that role, he had responsibility for all candidates for ordination from the Diocese of Norwich and for the training of the diocese's newly ordained clergy. [4] He was made an honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral in 2008. [3]

In 2012, Betts was appointed Archdeacon of Norfolk. [3] On 29 April 2012, he was installed as archdeacon in Norwich Cathedral. [2] [4]

Betts was Chair of the House of Clergy of the Diocese of Norwich. [2] He is one of four elected representatives from the Diocese of Norwich at the 2015-2020 General Synod of the Church of England. [5]

Personal life

In 1992, Betts married Sarah Taylor. [1] She is a clinical scientist. [2] Together, they have three sons. [1]

Related Research Articles

David Staffurth Stancliffe is a retired Church of England bishop. He was Provost of Portsmouth Cathedral from 1982 to 1993, and the Bishop of Salisbury from 1993 to 2010. He is the third generation of his family to serve the ordained ministry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican ministry</span> Leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion

The Anglican ministry is both the leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion. "Ministry" commonly refers to the office of ordained clergy: the threefold order of bishops, priests and deacons. More accurately, Anglican ministry includes many laypeople who devote themselves to the ministry of the church, either individually or in lower/assisting offices such as lector, acolyte, sub-deacon, Eucharistic minister, cantor, musicians, parish secretary or assistant, warden, vestry member, etc. Ultimately, all baptized members of the church are considered to partake in the ministry of the Body of Christ.

Stephen George Platten, FSA is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the last diocesan Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England. He was consecrated in this role on 19 July 2003 and immediately prior to that was Dean of Norwich from 1995. He was installed at Wakefield Cathedral on 19 July 2003.

Paul Gavin Williams is a Church of England bishop. Since May 2015, he has been the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham; from 2009 to 2015, he was the Bishop of Kensington, an area bishop in the Diocese of London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alan Winton</span>

Alan Peter Winton is the Bishop of Thetford in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich.

Ruth Elizabeth Worsley, is a Church of England bishop. Since September 2015, she has been the Bishop of Taunton, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. From 2013 to 2015, she was Archdeacon of Wiltshire.

Janet Henderson is a Welsh Anglican priest and former nurse. In 2012, she became the first woman appointed to the post of Dean of Llandaff.

Cherry Elizabeth Vann is a British Anglican bishop serving as Bishop of Monmouth in the Church in Wales. She previously served as Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2008 to 2020, having served all of her ordained ministry with the Church of England in the Diocese of Manchester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ray Pentland</span> British Church of England priest

Raymond Jackson Pentland, is a British Church of England priest. He is a retired military chaplain, having served as Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force and head of its Chaplains Branch from 2009 to 2014.

Gordon Ogilvie is a retired British Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Nottingham from 1996 until 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Wheatley</span>

Ian James Wheatley, is a British Anglican priest and former Royal Navy officer. From 2014 to 2018, he has served as Chaplain of the Fleet, the senior military chaplain of the Royal Navy: he had also served as Deputy Chaplain of the Fleet and Principal Anglican Chaplain from 2012 to 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Perumbalath</span>

John Perumbalath is a bishop in the Church of England. He has been Bishop of Bradwell in the Diocese of Chelmsford, since 3 July 2018. He had previously been Archdeacon of Barking in the same Diocese from 2013 to 2018. Perumbalath comes from the ancient Christian community in Kerala, South India. He moved to north India for higher studies and then teaching. He was ordained in the Church of North India in 1994. As Bishop of Bradwell he has oversight of 182 churches in an area covering mid and south Essex consisting of six boroughs/District Councils and two unitary authorities. In October 2022, it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II had, before her death, approved his appointment as Bishop of Liverpool.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan McFarlane</span>

Janet Elizabeth "Jan" McFarlane is a British Church of England bishop and former speech and language therapist. She has been a Canon Residentiary of Lichfield Cathedral and honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Lichfield since 2020. She previously served as Bishop of Repton since her consecration as a bishop on 29 June 2016; and (additionally) Acting Bishop of Derby from 31 August 2018 to February 2019.

Ian Jagger is a retired British Anglican priest. From 2006 until retirement, he served as the archdeacon of Durham, a senior priest in the Diocese of Durham, Church of England. After parish ministry in the Diocese of London, the Diocese of Oxford, and the Diocese of Portsmouth, he was Archdeacon of Auckland from 2001 to 2006.

Jane Elizabeth Steen is a British Church of England bishop. Since June 2021, she has served as the Bishop of Lynn, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Norwich. Previously, from 2013 to 2021, she served as Archdeacon of Southwark; and before that, from 2005 to 2013, she served as Canon Chancellor of Southwark Cathedral, and also as Director of Ministerial Education and Canon Theologian for the Diocese of Southwark.

Robert Wilfrid Springett is a British Anglican bishop. He has served as the Bishop of Tewkesbury since his consecration as a bishop on 30 November 2016. He previously served as the Archdeacon of Cheltenham in the same diocese from 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Eagles</span> British Anglican bishop

Peter Andrew Eagles, is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2017, he has been the Bishop of Sodor and Man; he was consecrated a bishop in the Church of England in June 2017, and he was installed in September 2017. He is a former chaplain of the British Army, serving as Archdeacon for the Army (2011–2017) and the Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department (2014–2017).

Justine Penelope Heathcote Allain Chapman is a British Anglican priest, academic, and former teacher. Since 2013, she has served as the Archdeacon of Boston in the Diocese of Lincoln. She was previously a religious studies teacher, a parish priest in the Diocese of Southwark, and then a member of the teaching staff of South East Institute for Theological Education (SEITE).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Hance</span> British Anglican priest

Stephen John Hance is a British Anglican priest. Since 2019, he has been National Lead for Evangelism and Witness for the Church of England. He was previously the Dean of Derby, and before that the Canon Missioner of Southwark Cathedral and Director of Mission and Evangelism for the Diocese of Southwark from 2013 to 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martyn Gough (chaplain)</span> British priest

Martyn John Gough, a British Anglican priest, is National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion. He is a retired military chaplain who was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 2018 to 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "BETTS, Ven. Steven James". Who's Who 2015. Oxford University Press. November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archdeacon of Norfolk". Diocese of Norfolk. Church of England. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Steven James Betts" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Canon Steven Betts appointed as Archdeacon of Norfolk". BBC News. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "List of Members - House of Clergy". General Synod. The Church of England. 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.