Rob Wickham

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The Right Reverend

Rob Wickham
area Bishop of Edmonton
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of London
In office23 September 2015 – present
PredecessorPeter Wheatley
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination1998 (deacon)
1999 (priest)
Consecration23 September 2015
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Birth nameRobert James Wickham
Born (1972-05-03) 3 May 1972 (age 49)
EducationHampton School
Alma materGrey College, Durham
King's College London

Robert James "Rob" Wickham (born 3 May 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2015, he has been the area Bishop of Edmonton; he has also served part-time as Acting Bishop of Portsmouth.[1]

Early life and education[]

Wickham was born on 3 May 1972.[2][3] He was educated at Hampton School, an all-boys independent school in Hampton, London. After a gap year, he studied geography at Grey College, Durham.[4] He graduated from the University of Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1994.[3] He then spent a year working at St Luke's Church, Wallsend, an Anglo-Catholic church in a deprived area of North Tyneside.[4] In 1995, he entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, a Church of England theological college, where he spent three years studying for ordination to the priesthood.[3]

During his ordained ministry, he undertook post-graduate study. In 2012, he completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in theology, politics and faith-based organisations at King's College London.[3][4]

Ordained ministry[]

Wickham was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1998 and as a priest in 1999.[3] From 1998 to 2001, he continued his training for ministry as a curate at St Mary's Church, Willesden in the Diocese of London; the church contains the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden.[3][4] In 2001, he moved to St Mary's Church, Somers Town where he served as a curate for the next two years.[5][6] In 2003, he became the Team Vicar in the newly created Parish of Old St Pancras which includes St Pancras Old Church.[3][4] In 2007, he moved parishes and became Rector of the Church of St John-at-Hackney;[3] this made him the 45th Rector of Hackney.[7] In 2014, he was additionally appointed the Area Dean of Hackney.[3]

Episcopal ministry[]

In July 2015, Wickham was announced as the next Bishop of Edmonton, an area bishop in the Diocese of London.[5][8] On 23 September 2015, he was consecrated a bishop in Canterbury Cathedral by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[9]

It was announced on 26 February 2021 that Wickham is to additionally serve part-time as Acting Bishop of Portsmouth (archbishop's commissary) during the vacancy of that See, starting 28 April 2021.[1] On 18 January 2022, the new Bishop of Portsmouth, Jonathan Frost, took up the See.[10]

Personal life[]

Wickham is married to Helen, a primary school teacher.[5] Together, they have three children.[7] He is a supporter of Plymouth Argyle football club.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b https://www.portsmouth.anglican.org/news/2021/02/26/new-commissary-bishop-will-help-lead-diocese/
  2. ^ "Wickham, Robert James". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 July 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Robert James Wickham". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Order of Service: Ordination and Consecration of the new Bishops of Maidstone, Kensington and Edmonton" (PDF). Canterbury Cathedral. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Suffragan Bishop of Edmonton: Robert Wickham". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ^ "EDMONTON, Area Bishop of". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Who's Who". St John at Hackney Church. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Two new bishops and new archdeacon for London announced". Diocese of London. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Ordination and Consecration of the new Bishops of Maidstone, Kensington and Edmonton". Canterbury Cathedral. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Acting Dean of York announced". York Minster. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022. & "Services beginning Sunday 16 January 2022 (image)". St Mary le Bow Church, London. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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