educationalist lecturer Anglican Bishop
Hartley was born Helen-Ann Francis in 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was baptised in Coldingham Priory, Coldingham, Berwickshire, where her father was the minister. Her father was a Church of Scotland minister but the family moved to Anglicanism in the 1980s.
In 1987, her father became a Church of England priest and served in the Diocese of Durham.
She has attended a number of universities where she studied theology. She graduated from the University of Street Andrews with an undergraduate Master of Theology (MTheol) degree in 1995, and from Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) with a Master of Theology (Master of Theology) degree in 1996.
Since 2014, she has served as Bishop of Waikato. She spent her childhood in Sunderland, England. He was later made an honorary canon of Durham Cathedral.
Later, she studied at the University of Oxford and graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in applied theology, a Master of Philosophy (Master of Philosophy) degree in 2000, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) degree in 2005.
Hartley is a fourth generation cleric. She was an acolyte at Durham Cathedral during her youth.
She attended the Oxford Ministry Course at Ripon College Cuddesdon to undergo ministerial formation. She then began her ministry as a curate in a group of parishes in Wheatley, Oxfordshire.
In 2007, she became curate at Street Mary and Street Nicholas Church, Littlemore.
In addition to serving as a curate, she worked as a lecturer in New Testament studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon. After spending five years at the theological college she became Director of Biblical Studies. In November 2011, Hartley was selected to become Dean of Tikanga Pakeha, id est (that is)
European heritage, students at Street John"s College, Auckland in New Zealand.
The college is co-deputised by three deans who represent the three main peoples of New Zealand: Pakeha, Maori and Polynesians. She originally went to Street John"s College in 2010 to research for a book, Making Sense of the Bible (SPCK 2011), before moving to New Zealand to take up the appointment of Dean in early 2012.
Episcopal ministry
In September 2013, Hartley was elected Bishop of Waikato. She was consecrated on 22 February 2014, becoming the seventh Bishop of Waikato.
Hartley and the Bishop of Taranaki, Philip Richardson, have joint oversight of the diocese.
