Education
Scriven was educated at Repton School in Derbyshire and later at the University of Sheffield. He then studied at Street John"s College, Nottingham.
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Career
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). On 8 March 1995, 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.
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". George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury.
