Henry Scriven

Henry Scriven
The Right Reverend; Henry Scriven
	Suffragan Bishop in Europe
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Europe
In office	1995-2002
Predecessor	Edward Holland
Successor	David Hamid
Other posts	Assistant Bishop of Pittsburgh (2002-2008)
Orders
Ordination	1975
Consecration	March 8, 1995; by George Carey
Personal details
Born	August 30, 1951
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Catherine
Children	2

Henry William Scriven (born 30 August 1951) is an English Anglican bishop who has served in Europe and in America.

Biography

Scriven was educated at Repton School in Derbyshire and later at the University of Sheffield. He then studied at St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained in 1975 and served for four years in the Diocese of London followed by two years in the Diocese of Northern Argentina for the South American Missionary Society (SAMS).

With the onset of the Falklands War, Scriven and his family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he served Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock as Assistant Rector for Education from 1982 to 1983.

From 1984 to 1990, Scriven continued with SAMS in Spain in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church. He then served for five years as chaplain for the British Embassy Church in Madrid in the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe of the Church of England. On 8 March 1995,[1] he was consecrated as bishop by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, as Suffragan Bishop in Europe. He was also commissioned by Edmond Browning as an assistant bishop to the Convocation of American Churches in Europe in May 1995.

From 2002 to 2008, Scriven served the Diocese of Pittsburgh as assistant bishop. He is married to Catherine and has a daughter, Anna, and a son, Joel.

Scriven is great-great-grandnephew of Joseph Scriven, Irish poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".

Consecrators

George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury

Scriven was the 980th bishop consecrated or (as in his case) received into the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

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References

"Trinity (Pittsburgh diocesan magazine), May/June 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

External links

Scriven's webpage on the Diocese of Pittsburgh's website

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edward Holland	Suffragan Bishop in Europe 1995–2002	Succeeded by David Hamid

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[1] "Trinity (Pittsburgh diocesan magazine), May/June 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2012-06-13.