Paul Williamson

The Reverend Fr Paul Williamson
Priest-in-Charge of St George's Church, Hanworth
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
In office	1992 to present
Orders
Ordination	1972 (deacon) 1973 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Paul Stewart Williamson
Born	1948 (age 68–69)
Alma mater	King's College London

Paul Stewart Williamson (born 1948) is a controversial Anglo-Catholic priest in the Church of England. He has brought high-profile civil suits in English courts over matters of Anglican faith and practice, including the ordination of women to the priesthood and the legality of the marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Williamson was born in 1948. He studied theology at King's College London, and graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and the Associateship of King's College (AKC).

Williamson was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1972 and as a priest in 1973. From 1972 to 1975, he served his curacy at St Paul's, Deptford in the Diocese of Southwark. He was an honorary curate of St John the Divine, Kennington between 1976 and 1977.

In 1978, Williamson moved to the Diocese of London. He served as a curate at Holy Trinity with St Mary, Hoxton from 1978 to 1983, at All Saints, Margaret Street from 1983 to 1984, and at St Mary's, Willesden from 1984 to 1985. For the next three years, he was not attached to any parish but held Permission to Officiate in the diocese. In 1989, he joined St George's Church, Hanworth as a curate. Since 1992, he has been priest in charge of St George's.