Sarah Clark (bishop) explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Sarah Clark
Church:Church of England
Diocese:Diocese of Durham
Term:2019 to present
Predecessor:Mark Bryant
Other Post:Acting Bishop of Durham (February 2024–present)
Previous Post:Archdeacon of Nottingham (2014–2019)
Ordination:28 June 1998 (deacon)
3 July 1999 (priest)
Birth Name:Sarah Elizabeth Clark
Birth Date:1965 4, df=y
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Nationality:British
Religion:Anglicanism
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Sarah Elizabeth Clark (born 21 April 1965) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2019, she has served as Bishop of Jarrow, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Durham in the Church of England.[1] She was Archdeacon of Nottingham from 2014 to 2019.[2]

Early life and education

Clark was born on 21 April 1965 in South Wales.[3] She was educated at Abersychan School, a then grammar school in Abersychan, Pontypool. She studied sports science and history at the Loughborough University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986. Her first career was as a civil servant, working in the Department of Employment from 1987 to 1995. She completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Keele University in 1994.

Ordained ministry

Clark trained for ordained ministry at St John's College, Nottingham, an evangelical Anglican theological college. She also studied theology and completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1997. She was made a deacon at Petertide 1998 (28 June), by Patrick Harris, Bishop of Southwell, at Southwell Minster, and ordained priest the Petertide following (3 July 1999), by Alan Morgan, Bishop of Sherwood, at St Mark's, Woodthorpe.

After a curacy in Porcester, Nottingham, she was the Rector of Carlton-in-Lindrick from 2002 until 2009.[4] She was the Area Dean of Worksop from 2006 until 2009; and the incumbent at Clifton until her appointment as Archdeacon of Nottingham.[5]

On 20 December 2018, it was announced that Clark was to become the next Bishop of Jarrow, the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Durham. On 27 February 2019, she was consecrated a bishop by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, during a service at York Minster.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Bishop of Jarrow Announced | Durham Diocese.
  2. http://southwell.anglican.org/diocese-appoints-first-woman-archdeacon/ Southwell Anglican
  3. Web site: Jarrow, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Sarah Elizabeth Clark) . . Oxford University Press . 23 January 2020 . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U282439 . 1 December 2019. 978-0-19-954088-4 .
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. http://www.nottinghampost.com/glass-ceiling-Sarah/story-22073985-detail/story.html Nottingham Post
  6. News: Nightingale . Lisa . New Bishop of Jarrow consecrated . 28 February 2019 . The Shields Gazette . 27 February 2019 . en.