The Venerable Justine Allain Chapman |
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Archdeacon of Boston | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
In office | September 2013 to present |
Predecessor | New appointment |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Justine Penelope Heathcote Chapman |
Born | 30 June 1967 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater |
Justine Penelope Heathcote Allain Chapman (born 30 June 1967) is a British Anglican priest, academic, and former teacher. Since 2013, she has served as the Archdeacon of Boston in the Diocese of Lincoln. She was previously a religious studies teacher, a parish priest in the Diocese of Southwark, and then a member of the teaching staff of South East Institute for Theological Education (SEITE).
Justine Chapman was born on 30 June 1967 in Durham, England. She studied at King's College London, graduting with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and the Associateship of King's College (AKC) in 1988. She remained at King's College to undertake teacher training, and she completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in 1989. She then spent two years, from 1989 to 1991, as head of religious studies at South Hampstead High School, an all-girls independent school in South Hampstead, London.
In 1991, Allain Chapman entered Lincoln Theological College, an Anglican theological college, to train for Holy Orders. During this time she also studied theology at the University of Nottingham, and she graduated with a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree in 1993. She later continued her studies, and graduated from King's College London with a Doctor of Theology and Ministry (DThMin) degree in 2011.