Alastair Cutting
Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich | |
|---|---|
 Cutting in 2006 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwark |
| In office | April 2013 to present |
| Predecessor | Christine Hardman |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1987 (deacon) 1988 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alastair Murray Cutting 29 May 1960 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse |
Kay (m. 1984) |
| Children | Two |
| Education | |
Alastair Murray Cutting (born 29 May 1960) is a British
Early life and education
Cutting was born on 29 May 1960 in
Ootacamund, India; and at Watford Grammar School for Boys, a state comprehensive school in Watford, England.[1] He grew up in South India where his parents worked at a rural hospital and "where four generations of his family lived and worked for nearly a century".[3]
Cutting took a
theological college to study theology and train for ordination.[2] During this time, he completed a Licentiate of Theology (LTh) and a Diploma in Pastoral Studies (DPS).[1]
While undertaking parish ministry in the Diocese of Chichester, Cutting studied at Heythrop College, University of London.[1] He graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2003.[2] His master's thesis concerned Maori and Celtic spirituality.[4]
Ordained ministry
Cutting was
curacy in the Diocese of Sheffield at All Saints Church, Woodlands from 1987 to 1988, and then at Wadsley Parish Church from 1989 to 1991.[2][4] From 1991 to 1996, he was Chaplain to The Nave and Uxbridge Town Centre, and an assistant curate in the Uxbridge Team Ministry in the Diocese of London.[2][4]
In 1996, Cutting moved to the
incumbency as Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Copthorne, West Sussex.[1][2] After 14 years, in 2010, he moved parishes and became Rector of the Benefice of St Peter's Church, Henfield with Shermanbury and Woodmancote, West Sussex.[2][4] In 2011, he was elected Pro-Prolocutor of the Province of Canterbury of the General Synod in addition to his parish ministry until 2013, and again elected as Pro-Prolocutor in 2022.[3][4]
In December 2012, he was announced as the next
area deaneries of Lewisham, East Lewisham, Charlton, Eltham and Mottingham, Plumstead, West Lewisham, and Deptford.[4]
He was also priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity with St Augustine, Sydenham, between 2015 and 2019.
Views
Cutting is an
Evangelical Anglican
.
Personal life
In 1984, Cutting married Kay Elizabeth Greenhalgh.[1][3] Together they have two daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "CUTTING, Alastair Murray". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Alastair Murray Cutting". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Archdeacons' biographical notes". Diocese of Southwark. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "New Archdeacon for Lewisham and Greenwich" (PDF). Henfield. Diocese of Southwark. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.