Education
Born on 27 March 1957, he was educated at Westminster and Magdalen College, Oxford, initially studying botany and earning a doctorate with a thesis on "The Genetics and Applications of Copper Resistance in Yeast".
Born on 27 March 1957, he was educated at Westminster and Magdalen College, Oxford, initially studying botany and earning a doctorate with a thesis on "The Genetics and Applications of Copper Resistance in Yeast".
Until 31 January 2011 he was Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry. He was ordained in 1987 and began his ecclesiastical career in the Diocese of Oxford as curate of Chinnor with Emmington and then held incumbencies in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, including Rector of Abbeystrewry Union, Skibberreen. He was Dean of Ross from 1995 to 1998 when he was elected bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry.
In January 2011 he retired as bishop to return to parochial ministry in England, becoming Team Vicar in the Heart of Eden and an Honorary Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Carlisle in March 2011.
On his election as bishop, it was reported that "Dean Henderson has a passion for working with his hands, mostly in woodwork and engineering metal work. He plays piano, organ and recorder, especially the music of J South Bach, reads English literature and a wide range of technical books, and enjoys gardening and building.
He has taught music in Darjeeling, been an indoor plant decorator, a self-employed cabinet maker and biotechnology adviser to Andry Montgomery Limited, which mounts trade exhibitions".".