Alison White (priest)

Alison Mary White (born 1956^[1]) is a British priest in the Church of England. In March 2015, it was announced that she is to be the next Bishop of Hull, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York.

Early life

White was born in 1956. She studied at St Aidan's College, Durham University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1978. She later studied at the University of Leeds and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1994.^[1]

Ordained ministry

In 1983, White entered Cranmer Hall, an Anglican theological college attached to St John's College, Durham. She became a deaconess in 1986.^[1] She was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1994. She was a non-stipendiary minister in Chester le Street from 1986 to 1989; the Diocese of Durham's Advisor in Local Mission from 1989 to 1993; Director of Pastoral Studies at Cranmer Hall from 1993 to 1998; Director of Ordinands from 1998 to 2000; its Springboard Missioner from 2000 to 2004; and Adult Education Officer for the Diocese of Peterborough from 2005 to 2010.

White was a canon of Peterborough Cathedral from 2009 to 2010. In that year she became the priest-in-charge of St James' Church, Riding Mill, Northumberland, and adviser to the Diocese of Newcastle for spirituality and spiritual direction.^[2]

In March 2015, it was announced that White is to be the next Bishop of Hull and is due to be consecrated to the episcopate on 3 July 2015. She will be the Church of England's second female bishop and, with her husband Frank White, the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle, the first bishop to be married to another bishop.^[3][4]

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