Beverley Mason
Beverley Anne Mason is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2018, she has served as the Bishop of Warrington, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool. She was the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds from 2016 to 2018.[1]
Beverley Mason | |
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Bishop of Warrington | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Liverpool |
In office | 2018 to present |
Predecessor | Richard Blackburn |
Other posts | Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven (2016–2018) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2001 (deacon) 2003 (priest) |
Consecration | 18 October 2018 by John Sentamu |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Beverley Anne Mason |
Born | August 1960 (age 59–60) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Bristol |
Early life and education
Mason was born in Germany. She trained for ordained ministry at Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college.[2] During this time she also studied theology, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2000.[3] After a further year of training, she left theological college to be ordained.[4]
Ordained ministry
Mason was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2003.[4] She served curacies at St Paul's Church, Rusthall (2001 to 2002) and St Margaret's Church, Rainham (2002 to 2005) in the Diocese of Rochester.[3][4] She was then Vicar of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood in the Diocese of Southwark from 2005 to 2012.[4][5] She was additionally Area Dean of Croydon North between 2010 and 2012.[4]
In 2012, Mason moved to Yorkshire, having been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Church of All Saints, Bingley in the Diocese of Bradford.[4][5] She was made Vicar of All Saints a year later.[4] She was announced as the next Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven of the Diocese of Leeds in September 2015, and left All Saints at the end of 2015.[6] She took up the appointment of archdeacon in 2016.[3]
Episcopal ministry
On 24 July 2018, it was announced Mason would become the next Bishop of Warrington, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool.[7] She was consecrated as a bishop at York Minster by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, on 18 October 2018.[8] She was officially welcomed into the diocese during a service at Liverpool Cathedral on 17 November 2018.[9]
References
- "Beverley Mason | The Diocese of Leeds". westyorkshiredales.anglican.org. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- 'MASON, Ven. Beverley Anne', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, November 2016 accessed 27 September 2017
- "Mason, Ven. Beverley Anne". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U286273.
- "Beverley Anne Mason". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- "Bishop of Warrington Biography". Diocese of Liverpool. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- "Campaigning vicar leaves Bingley for higher role". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Queen appoints new Suffragan Bishop of Warrington". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- "Consecration of the new Bishop of Warrington". The Archbishop Of York. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Ven Beverley Mason to be the next Bishop of Warrington". Diocese Of Liverpool. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.