Education
Redfern was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
Redfern was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
He was ordained in 1976 and was a curate in Wolverhampton. He then became a lecturer and later vice principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. From 1987 to 1997 he was the Canon Theologian of Bristol Cathedral before his ordination to the episcopate as suffragan Bishop of Grantham.
In 2005 he was translated to be the Bishop of Derby.
Redfern received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2001. The Reverend Alastair Redfern (1976–1987)
The Reverend Canon Alastair Redfern (1987–1997)
The Right Reverend Alastair Redfern (1997–2001)
The Right Reverend Doctor Alastair Redfern (2001–present).