| Bill Jacob | |
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| Other Post: | C of E Archdeacon of Charing Cross (1996-2014) |
| Ordination: | 1970 deacon, 1971 priest |
| Birth Name: | William Mungo Jacob |
| Birth Date: | 1944 11, df=y |
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| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglicanism |
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| Alma Mater: | University of Hull, Linacre College, Oxford, University of Exeter, St Stephen's House, Oxford |
William Mungo Jacob (known as Bill) (born 15 November 1944) is a retired Anglican priest, who was Archdeacon of Charing Cross from 1996 to 2014.[1]
Jacob was born in 1944.[2] He was educated at the University of Hull (LLB, 1996), Linacre College, Oxford (BA, 1969; MA, 1973) and the University of Exeter (PhD).[3]
Jacob trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford, and was ordained deacon in 1970 and priest in 1971.[4]
He served his title at Wymondham Abbey (1970-1973), after which he was Assistant Chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter (1973-1975), on the staff of Wells Theological College (1975-1980), and Selection Secretary for the Advisory Council for the Church's Ministry (1980-1986).[5] [6] He was then Warden of Lincoln Theological College (1985-1996) and a Canon of Lincoln Cathedral (1986-1996).[7] After the closure of Lincoln Theological College in 1995, he was collated as Archdeacon of Charing Cross in 1996, serving in that role until 2014.[8] [9] That period overlapped with being the Bishop of London’s Senior Chaplain (1996-2000) and Rector of St Giles in the Fields (2000-2015) and Priest-in-Charge of St Anne's Church, Soho (2011-2013).[10] He retired in 2015, and has held a Permission to officiate in London and Norwich.[11]
Jacob is the author of Lay People and Religion in the Early Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press: 1996), The Clerical Profession in the Long Eighteenth Century, 1680-1840 (OUP: 2007)[12] and Religious Vitality in Victorian London (OUP: 2021).
Jacob is a director of the Historic Chapels Trust,[13] the Society of the Faith[14] [15] and the Paddington Development Trust.[16] [17] He is president (2021-2022) of the Chapels Society, an amenity society for Non-Conformist chapels.[18] [19]