Rob Wickham

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The Right Reverend
Rob Wickham
BA MA
Area Bishop of Edmonton
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of London
In office 23 September 2015 to present
Predecessor Peter Wheatley
Other posts Team Vicar of the Parish of Old St Pancras (2003-2007)
Rector of the Church of St John-at-Hackney (2007-2015)
Area Dean of Hackney (2014-2015)
Orders
Ordination 1998 (deacon)
1999 (priest)
Consecration 23 September 2015
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Birth name Robert James Wickham
Born 1972 (age 52–53)
Education Hampton School
Alma mater Grey College, Durham
King's College London

Robert James "Rob" Wickham (born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2015, he has been the area Bishop of Edmonton. From 2003 to 2007, he was Team Vicar of the Parish of Old St Pancras. From 2007 to 2015, he was Rector of the Church of St John-at-Hackney; he was additionally Area Dean of Hackney from 2014. He has spent all of his ecclesiastical career in the Diocese of London.

Early life and education

Wickham was born in 1972.[1] He was educated at Hampton School, an all-boys independent school in Hampton, London. After a gap year, he studied geography at Grey College, Durham.[2] He graduated from the University of Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1994.[1] He then spent a year working at St Luke's Church, Wallsend, an Anglo-Catholic church in a deprived area of North Tyneside.[2] In 1995, he entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, a Church of England theological college, where he spent three years studying for ordination to the priesthood.[1]

During his ordained ministry, he undertook post-graduate study. In 2012, he completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in theology, politics and faith-based organisations at King's College London.[1][2]

Ordained ministry

Wickham was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1998 and as a priest in 1999.[1] From 1998 to 2001, he continued his training for ministry as a curate at St Mary's Church, Willesden in the Diocese of London; the church contains the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden.[1][2] In 2001, he moved to St Pancras Old Church.[3] In 2003, he became the Team Vicar of the newly created Parish of Old St Pancras which includes St Pancras Old Church.[1][2] In 2007, he moved parishes and became Rector of the Church of St John-at-Hackney;[1] this made him the 45th Rector of Hackney.[4] In 2014, he was additionally appointed the Area Dean of Hackney.[1]

Episcopal ministry

In July 2015, Wickham was announced as the next Bishop of Edmonton, an area bishop in the Diocese of London.[3][5] On 23 September 2015, he was consecrated a bishop in Canterbury Cathedral by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[6]

Personal life

Wickham is married to Helen, a primary school teacher.[3] Together, they have three children: Tom (born 2004), Susannah (born 2008), and Harry (born 2014).[4] He is a supporter of Plymouth Argyle football club.[3]

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