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Rt Revd Paul Ferguson

The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson

Date of Appointment
01/09/2021

Biography
The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson has been Bishop of Whitby since 2014, providing general oversight for the Church of England in South Teesside and much of North Yorkshire. He is the Archbishop’s Ambassador for Schools throughout the diocese. He is Chair of York Diocesan Board of Education and the Diocese of York Educational Trust. His previous ministry has been in Chester, at Westminster Abbey and York Minster, and as Archdeacon of Cleveland (2001-14), where his responsibilities included the resourcing of the church’s work in the diocese’s northern area. 

Bishop Paul holds first-class degrees in music (Oxford) and theology (Cambridge), and a PGCE from Westminster College Oxford. In previous years he has been a Governor of Millbank Community Primary School, Westminster; Westminster Abbey Choir School; York Minster School; and St Peter’s School, York. He was Chair of All Saints (Secondary) Ingleby Barwick Church of England Academy Trust and continues to chair its successor MAT, Dales Academies Trust.

Paul’s other interests include Scandinavian language, faith and culture. He is a Norwegian speaker and a member of the Porvoo Panel which oversees the relationship between the Church of England and the Nordic-Baltic Lutheran churches.