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Barry Hill (bishop)

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Barry Hill
Bishop of Whitby
Hill at his consecration in 2024
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceYork
DioceseYork
SeeWhitby
In office2024 to present
PredecessorPaul Ferguson
Previous post(s)Diocesan Mission Enabler (2023-2024)
Team Rector, Market Harborough (2017–2023)
Orders
Ordination2005 (deacon)
2006 (priest)
Consecration10 October 2024
by Stephen Cottrell
Personal details
BornFebruary 1979 (age 45)
DenominationAnglican
SpousePep Hill
Children2
ProfessionBishop
Alma materWycliffe Hall, Oxford

Barry Leon Hill (born February 1979) is an English Anglican bishop. Since 2024, he has served as the Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York.[1]

Hill was ordained deacon in 2005 and priest in 2006. After a curacy in Loughborough[2] he was Diocesan Mission Enabler from 2009 until 2017; and Team Rector of Market Harborough from then until 2023, when he returned to his former role as Diocesan Mission Enabler.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the new Bishop of Whitby: Barry Hill". Diocese of Leicester. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ "The Revd Barry Hill announced as the next Suffragan Bishop of Whitby". Diocese of Leicester. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Barry Leon Hill". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Whitby Incumbent