The Right Reverend Anne Hollinghurst |
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Bishop of Aston | |
Hollinghurst at her episcopal consecration in September 2015
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Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Birmingham |
In office | 2015–present |
Predecessor | Andrew Watson |
Other posts | Vicar of St Peter's Church, St Albans (2010–2015) |
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Ordination | 1996 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
Consecration | 29 September 2015 by Justin Welby |
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Birth name | Anne Elizabeth Bailey |
Born | 4 March 1964 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Steve Hollinghurst (m. 1984) |
Alma mater |
Trinity College, Bristol University of Bristol Hughes Hall, Cambridge |
Anne Elizabeth Hollinghurst (born 4 March 1964) is a Church of England bishop and former youth worker. Since September 2015, she has been the Bishop of Aston, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham. From 2010 to 2015, she was Vicar of St Peter's Church, St Albans.
Hollinghurst was born on 4 March 1964 to William and Audrey Bailey. Her early experience of the Church of England was in the Liberal Catholic tradition.
Her first career was as a youth worker in suburban Sussex and then in inner-city Nottingham. She entered Trinity College, Bristol, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry and graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.
Hollinghurst was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. From 1996 to 1999, she served her curacy at St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham. She shared this curacy with her husband, Steve Hollinghurst, who is also a Church of England priest. From 1999 to 2005, she was jointly the Anglican chaplain for the University of Derby and a chaplain of Derby Cathedral. During this time, she also lectured on religion and gender in the Religious Studies Department of Derby University.