Samantha Rushton

The Venerable Samantha Rushton
Archdeacon of Cleveland
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of York
In office	6 May 2015 to present
Predecessor	Paul Ferguson
Orders
Ordination	2005 (deacon) 2006 (priest)
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 51–52)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Peter Rushton
Children	Two
Alma mater	St Hilda's College, Oxford Trinity College, Bristol

Samantha Jayne Rushton (born 1965) is a British Anglican priest. Since May 2015, she has served as the Archdeacon of Cleveland in the Diocese of York.

Rushton was born in 1965. She studied Pure and Applied Biology at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987. She then worked in banking, and her final job before leaving for theological college was with Lloyds TSB. Having left her first career, she matriculated into Trinity College, Bristol, an Evangelical Anglican theological college. She completed her training and graduated with a BA degree in theology in 2005.

Rushton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006. From 2005 to 2008, she served her curacy at St Michael and All Angels, Highworth and St Leonard's Church, Broad Blunsdon in the Diocese of Bristol. Then, from 2008 to 2015, she combined a diocesan appointment with parish ministry: she was Adviser for Licensed Ministry in the Diocese of Bristol, and a curate in the parish of St Paul, Chippenham with Hardenhuish and Langley Burrell, and at St Michael's Church, Kington St Michael. She was also Warden of Readers from 2011 to 2015, and Area Dean of Chippenham from 2013 to 2015.

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