Karen Gorham
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The Right Reverend Karen Gorham FRSA |
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| Bishop of Sherborne | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Salisbury |
| In office | February 2016–present |
| Other posts | Archdeacon of Buckingham (2007–2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1995 (deacon) 1996 (priest) |
| Consecration | 24 February 2016 by Justin Welby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1964 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Education | Mayflower High School |
| Alma mater |
University of Bristol Trinity College, Bristol |
Karen Marisa Gorham, FRSA (born 24 June 1964) is a British Church of England bishop. Since February 2016, she has been the Bishop of Sherborne, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Salisbury. From 2007 to 2016, she was the Archdeacon of Buckingham in the Diocese of Oxford.
Gorham was born on 24 June 1964. She was educated at Mayflower High School, a state school in Billericay, Essex. She studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Bristol and graduated in 1995. She trained for ordained ministry at Trinity College, Bristol, an Anglican theological college in the evangelical tradition.
Gorham was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996. From 1995 to 1999, she served her curacy in the parish of Northallerton with Kirby Sigston in the Diocese of York.
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