The next Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow, in Durham diocese, is to be the Revd Dr Jitesh Patel, Assistant Director and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College, East Midlands, Downing Street announced on Friday.
He succeeds the Rt Revd Sarah Clark, who was translated to Ely this year (News, 30 January).
Dr Patel was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, and obtained a Ph.D. through the Lambeth Research Degrees in Theology programme. He trained at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, before being ordained deacon in 2010, and priest in 2011.
He served his title at Christ Church, Abingdon, in the diocese of Oxford; in 2015, he became Associate Vicar of St Jude’s, Southsea, in the diocese of Portsmouth. From 2018, he was the Diocesan Director of Contextual Training in Leicester diocese, as well as Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Holy Trinity with St John the Divine, Leicester, a post that he still holds. In 2019, he was appointed to his current post at St Mellitus.
Downing Street has today announced that the Reverend Dr Jitesh Patel has been appointed the next Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow following approval by His Majesty the King. Jitesh will be Consecrated at York Minster on 8 December. Read more here: https://t.co/UcY4iOijru https://t.co/XOTU6kw0lN
— Diocese of Durham (@DioceseofDurham) October 23, 2026
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