Hugh Palmer

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Hugh Palmer is the Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London as of July 2005. His previous job was as vicar of Christ Church Fulwood in Sheffield. He trained for the ministry at Ridley Hall, a theological college in Cambridge.

He became a Christian through the witness of a student friend while studying Law at Cambridge University. Before training for the ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, he taught briefly at a comprehensive school in north London.

Once ordained, Hugh spent nine years in Norfolk, first as a curate under Gordon Bridger at Holy Trinity, Norwich, later going on to become Bishop Maurice Wood's Chaplain for Mission and Training. It was also during his time in Norfolk that he met and married his wife Clare. They then spent ten years serving at St Helen's Bishopsgate in London where Hugh had responsibility for leading the staff team under Dick Lucas. In 1995, Hugh and Clare moved north to Sheffield where Hugh succeeded Philip Hacking as Vicar of Christ Church, Fulwood two years later. During his ministry, Hugh has led a number of university and parish missions, as well as developing an evangelistic course which he ran for many years at Fulwood. Recent responsibilities have included being Chair of the OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship) Northern Region Council and the Diocesan Mission Committee as well as directing the Northern Cornhill Training Course.