Education
Born in Stockport on 18 August 1961, he was educated at Stockport Grammar School and New College, Oxford.
Born in Stockport on 18 August 1961, he was educated at Stockport Grammar School and New College, Oxford.
After a career in the Civil Service he trained for the Anglican ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham. He was ordained in 1997. He was a curate at Street Matthew’s, Surbiton then Vicar of All Saints, Stranton, Hartlepool before his appointment as archdeacon in May 2010.