Nicola Sullivan
| The Venerable Nicola Sullivan | |
|---|---|
| Archdeacon of Wells | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bath and Wells |
| Installed | 2007 |
| Predecessor | Peter Maurice |
| Other posts | Bishop’s Chaplain (2002–2007) and Sub-Dean of Wells Cathedral (2003–2007) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1995 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1958[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Wycliffe Hall, Oxford[1] |
Nicola Ann Sullivan is the current Archdeacon of Wells.
Sullivan was brought up in Suffolk.[1] She qualified as a nurse in 1981 and a midwife in 1984, after which she worked both in the United Kingdom and, with Tearfund, in Swaziland and Ethiopia.[2][3]
She was ordained in 1995 and her clerical career began with a curacy at St Anne's Church in Earlham near Norwich.[1] In 1999 she took up the post of Associate Vicar at Bath Abbey, and became Chaplain to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 2002.[4] She was made Sub-Dean of Wells Cathedral in 2003.[2]
Sullivan was appointed Archdeacon of Wells and a Residentiary Canon of Wells Cathedral in 2007. The role of Archdeacon involves oversight of 200 parishes in the eastern half of the county of Somerset.[4][5]
In 2013, Sullivan was elected as one of eight senior women clergy, called ‘regional representatives’, to attend meetings of the House of Bishops, one of the three chambers of the General Synod, the Church of England's legislature.[6] As regional representative for the south-west of England (comprising the Dioceses of Truro, Salisbury, Bath & Wells, Gloucester, Bristol, and Exeter), she will attend meetings of the House in a speaking, but non-voting, capacity until such time as there are six women Bishops as full members of the House.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sullivan, Ven. Nicola Sullivan". Who's Who 2014. Who's Who (2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Archdeacon Nicola elected to House of Bishops to represent south west". Diocese of Bath and Wells. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Women in the Community - The Venerable Nicola Sullivan". Quest. August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Venerable Nicola Sullivan". Wells Cathedral. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Online Directory". Diocese of Bath and Wells. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Final list of female representatives to House of Bishops". Church of England. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by Peter Maurice |
Archdeacon of Wells 2007 – |
Succeeded by Current Incumbent |
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