Christine Hardman
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The Right Reverend Christine Hardman |
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| Bishop of Newcastle | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Newcastle |
| In office | 22 September 2015 to present |
| Predecessor | Martin Wharton |
| Other posts |
Archdeacon of Lewisham/of Lewisham and Greenwich (2001–2012; title changed 2008) Lord Spiritual (2016–present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1987 (deacon) 1994 (priest) |
| Consecration | 30 November 2015 by John Sentamu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1951 |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Roger Hardman |
| Children | Two |
| Education | Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls |
| Alma mater |
University of London Westminster College, Oxford |
Christine Elizabeth Hardman (born 27 August 1951) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual. Since 22 September 2015, she has been the Bishop of Newcastle. She was Archdeacon of Lewisham from 2001 to 2008, then Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich from 2008 to 2012.
Hardman was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls, then an all-girls grammar school in Barnet, London. She studied economics at Woolwich Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich), and graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1973. After this, she worked as an articled clerk and with an estate agency. She later studied Applied Theology at Westminster College, Oxford, and graduated with a Master of Theology (MTh) degree in 1994.
Hardman trained for ordained ministry on a part-time basis with the St Albans Ministry Course (this later merged to become the present day Eastern Region Ministry Course). She is the first Church of England diocesan bishop to have been trained on a part-time course rather than at a residential theological college.
Hardman served as a deaconess at St John the Baptist, Marykate Street in the Diocese of St Albans from 1984 to 1987. She was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1987. She then served as Parish Deacon of St John's for a year. From 1988 to 1991, she was a tutor on the St Albans Ministerial Training Scheme. She served as Course Director of the St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course from 1991 to 1996. She was ordained as a priest in 1994; the first year that the Church of England ordained women to the priesthood. She returned to St John the Baptist, Marykate Street to serve her curacy between 1994 and 1996.
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