Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Southampton: 13 September 2024
皇冠体育app King has approved the nomination of 皇冠体育app Venerable Rhiannon King, Archdeacon of Ipswich and Director of 'Inspiring Ipswich', in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, as Suffragan Bishop of Southampton, in the Diocese of Winchester.
皇冠体育app King has approved the nomination of 皇冠体育app Venerable Rhiannon King, Archdeacon of Ipswich and Director of 鈥業nspiring Ipswich鈥�, in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, as Suffragan Bishop of Southampton, in the Diocese of Winchester, in succession to 皇冠体育app Right Reverend Deborah Sellin, following her translation to Bishop of Peterborough.
Background
Rhiannon was educated at Exeter University, has two Master鈥檚 degrees and trained for ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. She served her title in the Huntingdon Team Ministry in the Diocese of Ely and in 2001 she was ordained priest. From 2004, Rhiannon served as Rector of Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams, a rural multi-parish benefice outside Cambridge, during which time she was elected to General Synod. In 2010 she was appointed Transforming Church Co-ordinator/Diocesan Mission Enabler in the Diocese of Birmingham and, from 2014, she served as the Director of Mission.
In 2019, Rhiannon took up her current roles as Archdeacon of Ipswich and Director of 鈥業nspiring Ipswich鈥�, in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.