Michael Beasley (priest)

The Right Reverend Michael Beasley
Bishop of Hertford
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of St Albans
In office	14 May 2015 to present
Predecessor	Paul Bayes
Other posts	Director of Mission, Diocese of Oxford (2010–2015)
Orders
Ordination	1999 (deacon) 2000 (priest)
Consecration	14 May 2015 by Justin Welby
Personal details
Birth name	Noel Michael Roy Beasley
Born	1968 (age 49–50)
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Lizzie
Children	Two
Profession	Epidemiologist
Education	Sir Graham Balfour School
Alma mater	Imperial College London Oriel College, Oxford Durham University

Noel Michael Roy Beasley (born 1968) is a British Church of England bishop and epidemiologist. Since May 2015, he has been the Bishop of Hertford. From 2003 to 2010, he worked at Westcott House, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college, first as chaplain and then as a tutor and the college's vice-principal. During this time, he was also an academic of Imperial College London. From 2010 to 2015, he was Director of Mission for the Diocese of Oxford.

Beasley was born in 1968. From 1983 to 1987, he was educated at Sir Graham Balfour School, a state school in Stafford, Staffordshire. He studied at Imperial College London and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree. He then undertook post-graduate study at Oriel College, Oxford, completing his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1996.

After completing his doctorate, Beasley studied theology at St John's College, Durham. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1998. He then trained for the priesthood at Cranmer Hall, the theological college attached to St John's College, which he completed in 1999.