{"id":132527,"date":"2024-11-04T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132527"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T23:19:33","slug":"church-times-bishop-sophie-jelley-of-doncaster-to-be-translated-to-coventry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132527","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Bishop Sophie Jelley of Doncaster to be translated to Coventry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\u00a0Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster<\/a>\u00a0since 2020, the Rt Revd Sophie Jelley, is to be the next\u00a0Bishop of Coventry<\/a>, Downing Street announced on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She will be the Church of England\u2019s tenth woman<\/a> diocesan bishop. Her diocesan, the Bishop of Sheffield<\/a>, Dr Pete Wilcox, commented: \u201cIt was only ever a matter of time until such an appointment was made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop Jelley grew up in Brighton, and studied theology and religious studies at the University of Leeds. After training at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, she was ordained deacon in 1997, and priest in 1998, to a title at St Peter\u2019s, Shipley, in the diocese of Bradford, before becoming a mission partner with the Church Mission Society<\/a> in Uganda for three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her return to England in 2003, she became Resident Minister of Churt and Hindhead, in the diocese of Guildford. In 2010, she moved to be Vicar of St Andrew\u2019s, Burgess Hill. In 2015, she moved to Durham diocese, to be Canon Missioner and Diocesan Director of Mission, Discipleship, and Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cThe story of @CovCathedral<\/a>, offering a message of forgiveness rather than revenge, has so much to offer our fractured world at this time. This gives me great hope for the future.”@revsophiejelley<\/a> is set to be the new Bishop of Coventry.

Read more at https:\/\/t.co\/ELxwTpNHF2<\/a>.<\/p>\u2014 The Church of England (@churchofengland) November 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>