Eleanor Ruth Sanderson (née Grourk; born 1977)[1] is an English Anglican bishop who has served as Bishop of Hull, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of York, since 2022.[2] She previously served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Wellington within the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. She became the first woman bishop in the Wellington diocese when she was consecrated on 2 June 2017.[3] At the time, she was the fourth woman to be elevated to the position of bishop in the New Zealand Anglican church.[4] Prior to becoming a bishop, she served as an Anglican priest for eleven years, also in the Wellington diocese.
The Right Reverend Doctor Eleanor Sanderson | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Hull | |
_(Eleanor_Sanderson_cropped).jpg) Sanderson in 2022 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of York |
| In office | September 2022 to present |
| Other post(s) | Assistant bishop, Diocese of Wellington (2017–2022) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2006 |
| Consecration | 2 June 2017 by Winston Halapua and Philip Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eleanor Ruth Grourk 1977 (age 46–47) England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Tim Sanderson |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Thesis | Within arm's reach: embodying geographies of development and spirituality (2006) |
Early life and education
editEleanor Sanderson was born in England, and grew up in Derbyshire.[5] She is the daughter of Terry Grourk.[6] She attended Bristol University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geography.[5] After having first visited New Zealand on a backpacking trip in 1996, she later returned to study geography at Victoria University of Wellington. She graduated with a Master of Development Studies with distinction in 2002,[7] and a PhD in 2007.[5][8] She also holds a Master in Theology degree, and was a fellow of public theology at Virginia Theological Seminary.[3]
Ordained ministry
editSanderson was ordained as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006.[9] She was vicar of St Alban's Anglican Church in Eastbourne, New Zealand, and was chaplain at Wellesley College, a boys preparatory school which is affiliated with the Anglican Church.[4] At Victoria University, she was a teaching associate for the School of Religious Studies.[3]
Episcopal ministry
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Sanderson was nominated for the position of assistant bishop on 11 May 2017, by the diocesan electoral college. She had already been appointed to a significant post within the diocese, as the diocesan canon theologian.[10] Her nomination as bishop was later ratified by the General Synod and the House of Bishops. Sanderson was consecrated at the Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington on 2 June 2017, at a service led by Anglican archbishops Winston Halapua and Philip Richardson.[3] As assistant bishop, Sanderson assisted the diocesan bishop; as of October 2021 that post was held by Justin Duckworth.[4]
In 2017, Sanderson contributed to a special liturgy celebrating the fortieth anniversary of women's ordination in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[11] The province first ordained women in 1977.[12]
On 29 June 2022 she was announced as the next Bishop of Hull in the Diocese of York of the Church of England.[13][14] She was officially welcomed into the diocese and commissioned as Bishop of Hull (i.e. translated) during a service at Hull Minster on 22 September 2022.[2]
Personal life
editSanderson is married and has two children.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Suffragan Bishop of Hull: Eleanor Sanderson". Archbishop of York. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Prayer and welcome from around the globe for Bishop Eleanor". Diocese of York. 27 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Eleanor Sanderson ordained". Anglican Taonga. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Dr Eleanor Sanderson to become Wellington's first female bishop". NZ Herald. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Boyack, Nicholas (4 August 2017). "Kiwi tour puts backpacker on road to becoming Wellington's first female bishop". Stuff. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "My daughter, the Kiwi bishop". www.henleystandard.co.uk. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Roll of graduates: Eleanor Grourk". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Roll of graduates: Eleanor Sanderson". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Eleanor Ruth Sanderson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Taonga News (22 March 2017). "Ellie Sanderson elected bishop". www.anglicantaonga.org.nz. AnglicanTonga. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "40 years of women's priestly ministry celebrated in New Zealand". www.anglicannews.org. Anglican Communion News Service. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Clarke-Morris, Julanne (6 November 2017). "Celebrating women's priesthood". www.anglicantaonga.org.nz. Anglican Taonga. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Next Suffragan Bishop of Hull: the Rt Revd Dr Eleanor Sanderson". Diocese of York. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "No. 63829". The London Gazette (invalid
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