Jackie Searle
The Right Reverend Jackie Searle | |
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Bishop of Crediton | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Exeter |
In office | October 2018 to present |
Predecessor | Sarah Mullally |
Orders | |
Consecration |
27 September 2018 by John Sentamu |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 September 1960 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Searle (born 26 September 1960) is a British Anglican bishop. She is the Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Exeter; she had previously been Archdeacon of Gloucester since 2012.[1]
Early life and education
Searle was born on 26 September 1960 in Redhill, Surrey, England. She was educated at Talbot Heath School, an all-girls independent school in Bournemouth. She studied at Whitelands College, Roehampton, graduating with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in 1982. She worked as a teacher from 1982 until 1989. She trained for ordained ministry at Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college between 1990 and 1992.[2][3]
Ordained ministry
She was ordained deacon in 1992, and priest in 1994.[4] Her first ecclesiastical post were curacies in Harrow and Ealing. She was a lecturer in applied theology at Trinity College, Bristol from 1996 to 2003; and then Vicar of St Peter, Littleover from 2003 to 2012.[5] Since 2012, she has served as Archdeacon of Gloucester in the Diocese of Gloucester and as a canon residentiary of Gloucester Cathedral.[2]
In July 2018, it was announced that she would be the next Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Exeter.[6] On 27 September 2018, she was consecrated a bishop by John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, during a service at Southwark Cathedral.[7] She will be "welcomed into the diocese" on 14 October.[8]
References
- ↑ Derby Telegraph
- 1 2 "Searle, Ven. Jacqueline Ann, (Mrs D. C. Runcorn)". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U256518. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "Jacqueline Ann Searle". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ↑ 'SEARLE, Jacqueline Ann, (Mrs D. C. Runcorn)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 29 Jan 2017
- ↑ "Queen approves nomination to Suffragan See of Crediton". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ Quick, Alan (27 September 2018). "Jackie Searle to be ordained Bishop of Crediton today". Crediton Country Courier. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "Next Bishop of Crediton announced today". Diocese of Exeter. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
Church of England titles | ||
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Preceded by Geoffrey Sidaway |
Archdeacon of Gloucester 2012–2018 |
TBA |
Preceded by Sarah Mullally |
Bishop of Crediton 2018–present |
Incumbent |