The Right Reverend

Sarah Clark
Bishop of Jarrow
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Durham
In office2019 to present
PredecessorMark Bryant
Other post(s)Acting Bishop of Durham (February 2024–present)
Archdeacon of Nottingham (2014–2019)
Orders
Ordination28 June 1998 (deacon)
3 July 1999 (priest)
Personal details
Born
Sarah Elizabeth Clark

(1965-04-21) 21 April 1965 (age 58)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma mater

Sarah Elizabeth Clark (born 21 April 1965) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2019, she has served as Bishop of Jarrow, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Durham in the Church of England.[1] She was Archdeacon of Nottingham from 2014 to 2019.[2]

Early life and education

Clark was born on 21 April 1965 in South Wales.[3] She was educated at Abersychan School, a then grammar school in Abersychan, Pontypool. She studied sports science and history at the Loughborough University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986.[4] Her first career was as a civil servant, working in the Department of Employment from 1987 to 1995.[3] She completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Keele University in 1994.[5]

Ordained ministry

Clark trained for ordained ministry at St John's College, Nottingham, an evangelical Anglican theological college.[5] She also studied theology and completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1997.[3] She was made a deacon at Petertide 1998 (28 June), by Patrick Harris, Bishop of Southwell, at Southwell Minster,[6] and ordained priest the Petertide following (3 July 1999), by Alan Morgan, Bishop of Sherwood, at St Mark's, Woodthorpe.[7]

After a curacy in Porcester, Nottingham, she was the Rector of Carlton-in-Lindrick from 2002 until 2009.[8] She was the Area Dean of Worksop from 2006 until 2009; and the incumbent at Clifton until her appointment as Archdeacon of Nottingham.[9]

On 20 December 2018, it was announced that Clark was to become the next Bishop of Jarrow, the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Durham.[1] On 27 February 2019, she was consecrated a bishop by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, during a service at York Minster.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Bishop of Jarrow Announced | Durham Diocese".
  2. ^ Southwell Anglican
  3. ^ a b c "Jarrow, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Sarah Elizabeth Clark)". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U282439. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Clark, Sarah Elizabeth". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 24 July 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ a b "Sarah Elizabeth Clark". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 7064. 3 July 1998. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 7118. 16 July 1999. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 p152 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  9. ^ Nottingham Post
  10. ^ Nightingale, Lisa (27 February 2019). "New Bishop of Jarrow consecrated". The Shields Gazette. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
Church of England titles Preceded byPeter Hill Archdeacon of Nottingham 2014 to 2019 Succeeded byPhil Williams Preceded byMark Bryant Bishop of Jarrow 2019 to present Incumbent
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