Andrew Neil Emerton (born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2020, he has been Bishop of Sherwood in the Church of England.
Andy Emerton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Sherwood | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham |
| In office | 2020–present |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Neil Emerton 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Early life and education
editEmerton grew up in Guilden Sutton near Chester, Cheshire. He studied at the University of York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993. He then continued his studies at The Queen's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Oxford, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1996.[1] His doctoral thesis was titled "Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems".[2]
Emerton earned experience of Christian ministry as a youth pastor at St Saviours Church, Guildford between 1998 and 2002.[3] He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 2002 to 2005.[1] He studied for a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree at Downing College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005.[1]
Ordained ministry
editEmerton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006.[1] He served his curacy at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) from 2005 to 2007.[1] From 2008 to 2020, he was director of St Paul's Theological Centre, a centre for theological learning based at HTB. From 2008 to 2016, he was additionally assistant dean at St Mellitus College, a non-residential theological college of the Dioceses of London and Chelmsford. He then served as dean (ie head) of St Mellitus College from to 2016 to 2020.[3][1] Further to his theological college appointments, he held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Chelmsford from 2008 to 2020.[1]
In March 2020, he was announced as the next Bishop of Sherwood, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham: his consecration as a bishop was scheduled for 21 May 2020.[1][4][5][6][7] That service being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, he was instead licensed as "Bishop of Sherwood (designate)" on 1 July.[8] He was consecrated a bishop during a service on 21 September at York Minster: the principal consecrator was Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham rather than Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York; Butler was assisted by Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, and Paul Williams, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Andrew Neil Emerton". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Emerton, Andrew N. (2019). "Full View of Record: Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems". SOLO. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ a b "The Revd Dr (Andy) Andrew Neil EMERTON BSc, BTh, MA, DPhil". The Church of England Year Book. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Suffragan See of Sherwood: 11 March 2020". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "St Mellitus' Dean Andy Emerton announced as next Bishop of Sherwood". Diocese of London. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Andy Emerton". SPTC. St Paul’s Theological Centre. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Dean of pioneering training college to be new Bishop of Sherwood". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ @andyemerton (1 July 2020). "Successfully licensed as Bishop of Sherwood designate on zoom this morning, brilliant to be welcomed so warmly to t…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Two new Bishops to be consecrated in two services taking place at York Minster". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.