The Venerable Hayward Osborne |
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Archdeacon of Birmingham | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Birmingham |
In office | May 2001 to present |
Predecessor | John Duncan |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1973 (deacon) 1974 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Hayward John Osborne |
Born | 16 September 1948 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Sandra Julie Hollander (m. 1973) |
Children | Five |
Education | Sevenoaks School |
Alma mater |
New College, Oxford Westcott House, Cambridge |
Hayward John Osborne (born 16 September 1948) is a British Anglican priest. He has been the Archdeacon of Birmingham since 2001. He was previously a parish priest in the Diocese of Rochester, the Diocese of Worcester, and the Diocese of Birmingham.
Osborne was born on 16 September 1948 to Ernest and Frances Joy Osborne. He was educated at Sevenoaks School, an independent school in Sevenoaks, Kent. He studied at New College, Oxford and Westcott House, Cambridge.
Osborne was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1973 and as a priest in 1974. From 1973 to 1977, he served his curacy at St Peter and St Paul, Bromley in the Diocese of Rochester. He moved to the Diocese of Worcester where he was an assistant curate at St John the Baptist, Halesowen between 1977 and 1980. From 1980 to 1983, he was Team Vicar of St John's, Halesowen. Then, from 1983 to 1988, he was Team Rector of St Barnabas, Worcester.