Penelope Jane Sayer (born 1959) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2018, she has served as Archdeacon of Sherborne in the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury. She had served in parish ministry in the Dioceses of Chichester and of Chelmsford, before becoming an archdeacon.[1]
Penny Sayer | |
|---|---|
| Archdeacon of Sherborne | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Salisbury |
| In office | November 2018 to present |
| Predecessor | Paul Taylor |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2007 (deacon) 2008 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | South East Institute for Theological Education |
Ordained ministry
editSayer trained for Holy Orders at South East Institute for Theological Education, and was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2007 and as a priest in 2008.[2] She served her curacy at St John the Evangelist's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea in the Diocese of Chichester as a non-stipendiary minister (ie unpaid and part-time) between 2007 and 2010.[3]
She then moved to the Diocese of Chelmsford, where she was team rector of the Parish of Becontree South from 2010 to 2016.[2] She was appointed to a newly created position in 2016 as "Turnaround Minister" for the Bradwell Area of the diocese.[4] She was tasked with assisting struggling parishes, and was also appointed non-stipendiary minister of St Margaret's, Woodham Mortimer and St Michael's, Woodham Walter.[1][3]
In July 2018, Sayer was announced as the next Archdeacon of Sherborne in the Diocese of Salisbury, in succession to Paul Taylor.[1] She was collated as archdeacon during a service at Sherborne Abbey on 25 November 2018.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "New Archdeacon of Sherborne". Diocese of Salisbury. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Penelope Jane Sayer". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Sayer, Ven. Penelope Jane". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U291481. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ a b "Meet the new Archdeacon of Sherborne". Dorset Echo. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.