Jan McFarlane

The Right Reverend Jan McFarlane
Bishop of Repton
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Derby
In office	29 June 2016–present
Predecessor	Humphrey Southern
Other posts	Diocesan Director of Communications (Diocese of Norwich; 1999–2016) Archdeacon of Norwich (15 March 2009–2016)
Orders
Ordination	1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest)
Consecration	29 June 2016 by Justin Welby
Personal details
Birth name	Janet Elizabeth McFarlane
Born	(1964-11-25) 25 November 1964 (age 52) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Andrew Ridoutt (m. 2004)
Education	Blythe Bridge High School
Alma mater	University of Sheffield University of Durham Cranmer Hall, Durham

Janet Elizabeth "Jan" McFarlane (born 25 November 1964) is a British Church of England bishop and former speech therapist. She has been the Bishop of Repton (the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Derby) since her consecration as a bishop on 29 June 2016. She was previously Diocesan Director of Communications in the Diocese of Norwich from 1999 and Archdeacon of Norwich from 2009.

McFarlane was born on 25 November 1964 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. She was educated at Blythe Bridge High School, a state secondary school in Blythe Bridge near Stoke-on-Trent. She studied at the University of Sheffield, graduating with a Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci) degree in 1987. She then worked as a speech therapist in the National Health Service and lived in North Staffordshire. She specialised in teaching deaf children to speak.

Having been selected for ordination, McFarlane underwent a number of years of formation. She studied theology at St John's College, Durham, and graduated from the University of Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992. She then underwent a further year of training at Cranmer Hall, Durham, an open evangelical Anglican theological college, completing a Diploma in Ministry (DipMin) in 1993.