Guli Francis-Dehqani
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The Right Reverend Guli Francis-Dehqani |
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| Bishop of Loughborough | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Leicester |
| In office | 2017–present |
| Other posts | Diocesan Adviser for Women's Ministry (2012–2017) and Curate Training Officer (2011–2017), Diocese of Peterborough |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1998 (deacon) by Tom Butler 1999 (priest) by Wilfred Wood |
| Consecration | 30 November 2017 by Justin Welby |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Gulnar Eleanor Dehqani-Tafti |
| Born | 1966 (age 50–51) Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian-British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Parents | Hassan Dehqani-Tafti & Margaret Thompson |
| Spouse | Lee né Francis |
| Children | three |
| Alma mater | |
Gulnar Eleanor "Guli" Francis-Dehqani (born 1966) is an Iranian-born British Anglican bishop. She served the Diocese of Peterborough as Curate Training Officer from 2012 to 2017 and Advisor for Women's Ministry from 2013 to 2017. On 11 July 2017, it was announced that she had been appointed the first Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester; she was consecrated as bishop on 30 November 2017 and will take up her full duties later in the year.
Guli Dehqani-Tafti was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1966, where her father lived as Bishop in Iran. When she was 14, her family was forced to leave the country in the wake of the Iranian Revolution; the family settled in Hampshire, where Hassan remained Bishop in exile. She studied music at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989. She studied theology at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1994 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1999. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Religious feminism in an age of empire: CMS women missionaries in Iran, 1869–1934". From 1995 to 1998, she trained for ordination at the South East Institute of Theological Education.
Francis-Dehqani was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon at Michaelmas (27 September) 1998 by Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral. She was ordained a priest the following Michaelmas (2 October 1999) by Wilfred Wood, Bishop of Croydon, at All Saints', Kingston-upon-Thames. From 1998 to 2002, she served her curacy at St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake with East Sheen in the Diocese of Southwark. Then, from 2002 to 2004, she was a chaplain to the Royal Academy of Music and to St Marylebone C of E School. In 2004, she stepped down from full-time ministry to raise her children. From 2004 to 2011, she held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Peterborough. She also worked at the University of Northampton Interfaith Chaplaincy between 2009 and 2010 "helping the chaplaincy team develop a more effective multi-faith approach".
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