Ian Bishop (priest)

Ian Gregory Bishop (born 13 November 1962 in Devizes, Wiltshire)[1] is the current Archdeacon of Macclesfield.[2]

Ian Bishop was educated at Devizes School and Portsmouth Polytechnic.[1] He was ordained in 1992 and served as a curate at Christ Church, Purley. Later he was Rector of St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich and then St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley before his appointment to the Diocese of Chester's senior leadership team.[3]

He is a director of the Simeon Trustees, a trust established in the nineteenth century by Charles Simeon to purchase advowsons for Anglican ministers aligned with the Evangelical Anglicanism.[4]

References
  1. Who's Who 2012 – BISHOP, Ian Gregory
  2. "Diocesan Who's Who". Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2012-2013: A Directory of the Clergy of the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland
  4. "Simeon's Trustees - Officers". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Richard John Gillings		 Archdeacon of Macclesfield
2011–present		 Incumbent


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