Paul Ferguson (bishop)

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Paul Ferguson
The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson in 2021
Born
Paul John Ferguson

(1955-07-13) 13 July 1955 (age 68)
OccupationChurch of England bishop

Paul John Ferguson FRCO (born 13 July 1955) is a Church of England bishop. Since 2014, he has been the Bishop of Whitby.

Biography

Ferguson was born on 13 July 1955. He was educated at Birkenhead School, an independent school in Merseyside. Having been awarded an organ scholarship, he studied music at New College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1980. He undertook teacher training at Westminster College, Oxford completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). He returned to his former school as a teacher and organ player. He then returned to university, and studied theology at King's College, Cambridge while training for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge, a Liberal Anglo-Catholic theological college. He graduated with a further BA in 1984.

Ferguson was made a deacon at Petertide 1985 (30 June), by Ronald Brown, Bishop of Birkenhead, at St Mary-without-the-Walls, Chester, and ordained a priest the Petertide following (29 June 1986), by Michael Baughen, Bishop of Chester, at Chester Cathedral. After a curacy at St Mary, Chester he was Curate, Chaplain, Sacrist and Precentor at Westminster Abbey from 1988 to 1995. After this he was Precentor and a Residentiary Canon at York Minster until his appointment as Archdeacon of Cleveland in 2001.

He was consecrated at York Minster on 3 July 2014 by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. In the vacancy in See between the retirement of Sentamu and the confirmation of Stephen Cottrell, Ferguson was acting diocesan bishop. His retirement has been announced for July 2024.

References

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  4. ^ a b "The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson: Bishop of Whitby". Diocese of York. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6386. 5 July 1985. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6438. 4 July 1986. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Suffragan Bishop of Whitby: Paul John Ferguson". News. GOV.UK. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Consecrations of two new North Yorkshire bishops". BBC News. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  9. ^ "A pastoral letter to the Diocese of York from the Bishop of Whitby".
  10. ^ "Two Bishops in the Diocese of York to retire in mid-2024". Diocese of York. 27 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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