The next Bishop of Sodor & Man has been announced as the Ven. Patricia Hillas, at present Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons and Archdeacon of Westminster.
She became Chaplain to the Speaker in 2020, while serving also as Priest-in-Charge of St-Mary-at-Hill, in the City of London. Before this, she served as Canon Pastor at St Paul’s Cathedral for six years.
Born in 1966 in Kuala Lumpur to an Indian mother and a British father, she moved to the UK with her family in 1971. She was educated at the University of East London and Birkbeck College, University of London, and trained for ministry by completing the North Thames Ministerial Training Course validated by Middlesex University.
Before ordination in 2002, she worked as a youth and social worker, specialising in supporting those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. She served her title at St Mark’s, Kensal Rise, and moved on to be Vicar of St Barnabas, Northolt Park, from 2005 to 2014.
"I hope we shall treasure the traditions of the past whilst looking to the new opportunities ahead."
The Venerable Tricia Hillas, @mountainskies, is to become the next Bishop of Sodor and Man.
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