Eleanor Sanderson

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The Right Reverend

Eleanor Sanderson
ChurchAnglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
DioceseDiocese of Wellington
Elected11 May 2017
Orders
Ordination2006
Consecration2 June 2017
Personal details
Born
Eleanor Ruth Grourk

England
DenominationAnglican
SpouseTim Sanderson
Children2
Academic background
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
ThesisWithin arm's reach: embodying geographies of development and spirituality (2006)

Eleanor Ruth Sanderson (née Grourk) is an English-born associate bishop in the Diocese of Wellington within the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. She became the first woman bishop in the Wellington diocese when she was consecrated on 2 June 2017.[1] At the time, she was the fourth woman to be elevated to the position of bishop in the New Zealand Anglican church.[2] Prior to becoming a bishop, she served as an Anglican priest for eleven years, also in the Wellington diocese.

Early life and education[]

Eleanor Sanderson was born in England, and grew up in Derbyshire.[3] She is the daughter of Terry Grourk.[4] She attended Bristol University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geography.[3] After having first visited New Zealand on a backpacking trip in 1996, she later returned to study geography at Victoria University of Wellington. She graduated with a Master of Development Studies with distinction in 2002,[5] and a PhD in 2007.[3][6] She also holds a Master in Theology degree, and was a fellow of public theology at Virginia Theological Seminary.[1]

Ministry[]

In 2006, Sanderson was ordained to the priesthood. She served as a vicar of St. Alban's Anglican Church in Eastbourne, New Zealand, and was chaplain at Wellesley College, a boys preparatory school that is affiliated with the Anglican Church.[2] At Victoria University, she was a teaching associate for the School of Religious Studies.[1]

Sanderson was nominated for the position of Assistant Bishop on 11 May 2017, by the diocesan electoral college. She had already been appointed to a significant post within the diocese, as the diocesan canon theologian.[7] Her nomination as bishop was later ratified by the General Synod and the House of Bishops. Sanderson was consecrated at the Anglican Cathedral of St. Paul in Wellington on 2 June 2017, at a service led by Anglican archbishops Winston Halapua and Philip Richardson.[1] As assistant bishop, Sanderson assists the diocesan bishop; as of October 2021, this post was held by Justin Duckworth.[2]

In 2017, Sanderson contributed to a special liturgy celebrating the fortieth anniversary of women's ordination in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[8] The province first ordained women in 1997.[9]

Personal life[]

Sanderson is married and has two sons.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Conger, George (13 June 2017). "Assistant Bishop of Wellington consecrated". Anglican Ink © 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr Eleanor Sanderson to become Wellington's first female bishop". NZ Herald. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Boyack, Nicholas (4 August 2017). "Kiwi tour puts backpacker on road to becoming Wellington's first female bishop". Stuff. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ "My daughter, the Kiwi bishop". www.henleystandard.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Roll of graduates: Eleanor Grourk". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Roll of graduates: Eleanor Sanderson". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ Taonga News (22 March 2017). "Ellie Sanderson elected bishop". www.anglicantaonga.org.nz. AnglicanTonga. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  8. ^ "40 years of women's priestly ministry celebrated in New Zealand". www.anglicannews.org. Anglican Communion News Service. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  9. ^ Clarke-Morris, Julanne (6 November 2017). "Celebrating women's priesthood". www.anglicantaonga.org.nz. Anglican Taonga. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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