Alison White (bishop)

The Right Reverend Alison White
Bishop of Hull
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of York
In office	July 2015 to present
Predecessor	Richard Frith
Orders
Ordination	1986 (deaconess) 1987 (deacon) 1994 (priest)
Consecration	3 July 2015 by John Sentamu
Personal details
Birth name	Alison Mary Dumbell
Born	1956 (age 60–61)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Frank White
Alma mater	St Aidan's College, Durham University Leeds University Cranmer Hall, Durham

Alison Mary White (née Dumbell; born 1956) is a British Anglican bishop. Since July 2015, she has been the Bishop of Hull, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York. She is the second woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the Church of England.

White was born in 1956. She studied English at St Aidan's College, Durham University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1978. She later studied at the University of Leeds and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1994.

In 1983, White entered Cranmer Hall, an Anglican theological college attached to St John's College, Durham. She became a deaconess in 1986. She was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1994. She was a non-stipendiary minister in Chester le Street from 1986 to 1989; the Diocese of Durham's Advisor in Local Mission from 1989 to 1993; Director of Pastoral Studies at Cranmer Hall from 1993 to 1998; Director of Ordinands from 1998 to 2000; its Springboard Missioner from 2000 to 2004; and Adult Education Officer for the Diocese of Peterborough from 2005 to 2010.