Tim Barker (priest)

Timothy Reed Barker (born 18 August 1956) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2015, he has served as the Dean of Guernsey. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Archdeacon of Lincoln in the Diocese of Lincoln.[1]

Early life and education

Tim Barker was born on 18 August 1956.[2] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Queens' College, Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge.

Ordained ministry

He was ordained in 1981.[3] After a curacy in Nantwich he was Vicar of Norton from 1983 to 1988; and then Runcorn until 1994. He was Chaplain to the Bishop of Chester from 1994 to 1998. In that year he became Vicar of Spalding, a post he held for 9 years.[4]

Tim Barker became Dean of Guernsey at the end of November 2015.[5]

References

  1. Diocesan web-site Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Find the best
  3. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  4. ‘BARKER, Ven. Timothy Reed’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 17 Oct 2014
  5. Diocese of Lincoln — The Archdeacon of Lincoln is to become the Dean of Guernsey Archived 2015-09-09 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2015)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Arthur John Hawes
Archdeacon of Lincoln
2009 to 2015
Succeeded by
Gavin Kirk
Preceded by
Paul Mellor
Dean of Guernsey
2015 to present
Incumbent
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