Henry Scriven

Henry William Scriven (born 1951) is an English Anglican bishop.

Scriven was educated at Repton School in Derbyshire and later at the University of Sheffield. He then studied at St John's College in Nottingham. He was ordained in 1975 and served for four years in the Diocese of London followed by two years in the Diocese of Northern Argentina through the South American Missionary Society (SAMS).

With the onset of the Falklands War, Scriven and his family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he served Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock as Assistant Rector for Education from 1982 to 1983.

From 1984 to 1990, Scriven continued with SAMS in Spain in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church. He then served for five years as Chaplain for the British Embassy Church in Madrid in the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe of the Church of England. In 1995 He was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop George Carey as Bishop Suffragan in Europe. He also served Edmond Browning as Assistant Bishop to the Convocation of American Churches in Europe in May of the same year.

From 2002 to 2008, Scriven served the Diocese of Pittsburgh as Assistant Bishop. He is married to Catherine and has a daughter, Anna, and a son, Joel.

Consecrators

Scriven was the 980th bishop consecrated/received into the Episcopal Church.

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