The Right Reverend

Andy Emerton
Bishop of Sherwood
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Southwell and Nottingham
In office2020–present
Personal details
Born
Andrew Neil Emerton

1972 (age 51–52)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism

Andrew Neil Emerton (born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2020, he has been Bishop of Sherwood in the Church of England.

Early life and education

Emerton grew up in Guilden Sutton near Chester, Cheshire. He studied at the University of York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993. He then continued his studies at The Queen's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Oxford, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1996.[1] His doctoral thesis was titled "Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems".[2]

Emerton earned experience of Christian ministry as a youth pastor at St Saviours Church, Guildford between 1998 and 2002.[3] He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 2002 to 2005.[1] He studied for a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree at Downing College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005.[1]

Ordained ministry

Emerton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006.[1] He served his curacy at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) from 2005 to 2007.[1] From 2008 to 2020, he was director of St Paul's Theological Centre, a centre for theological learning based at HTB. From 2008 to 2016, he was additionally assistant dean at St Mellitus College, a non-residential theological college of the Dioceses of London and Chelmsford. He then served as dean (ie head) of St Mellitus College from to 2016 to 2020.[3][1] Further to his theological college appointments, he held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Chelmsford from 2008 to 2020.[1]

In March 2020, he was announced as the next Bishop of Sherwood, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham: his consecration as a bishop was scheduled for 21 May 2020.[1][4][5][6][7] That service being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, he was instead licensed as "Bishop of Sherwood (designate)" on 1 July.[8] He was consecrated a bishop during a service on 21 September at York Minster: the principal consecrator was Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham rather than Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York; Butler was assisted by Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, and Paul Williams, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Andrew Neil Emerton". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ Emerton, Andrew N. (2019). "Full View of Record: Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems". SOLO. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The Revd Dr (Andy) Andrew Neil EMERTON BSc, BTh, MA, DPhil". The Church of England Year Book. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Suffragan See of Sherwood: 11 March 2020". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ "St Mellitus' Dean Andy Emerton announced as next Bishop of Sherwood". Diocese of London. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Andy Emerton". SPTC. St Paul’s Theological Centre. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Dean of pioneering training college to be new Bishop of Sherwood". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ @andyemerton (1 July 2020). "Successfully licensed as Bishop of Sherwood designate on zoom this morning, brilliant to be welcomed so warmly to t…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Two new Bishops to be consecrated in two services taking place at York Minster". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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