John Thomson (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

John Thomson
Bishop of Selby
Thomson in 2024
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of York
In office2014 to 2024
PredecessorMartin Wallace
SuccessorFlora Winfield
Orders
Ordination1985 (deacon)
1986 (priest)
by David Lunn
Consecration3 July 2014
by John Sentamu
Personal details
Born (1959-07-01) 1 July 1959 (age 65)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materUniversity of York
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
University of Oxford
University of Nottingham

John Bromilow Thomson (born 1 July 1959) is a British retired

Anglican bishop. From 2014 to 2024, he was the Bishop of Selby, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England's Diocese of York
.

He began his ordained ministry as a curate and youth chaplain in the Diocese of Sheffield, before moving to South Africa and the Anglican Church of Southern Africa as a tutor at a theological college. He returned to Sheffield where he was a vicar from 1993 to 2001 and then the director of ministry for the Diocese of Sheffield from 2001 to 2014.

Early life and education

Thomson was born on 1 July 1959 in

Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent school in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England.[4] He studied history at the University of York,[5] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1981.[6]

Thomson then trained for ordination at

doctoral thesis was titled "The ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas as a distinctively Christian theology of liberation (1970-2000)".[7]

Ordained ministry

Thomson was made a

curacy at All Saints Church, Ecclesall in the Diocese of Sheffield.[6] He was also the church's youth chaplain.[5]

In 1989, Thomson moved to South Africa. He was a tutor at St Paul's College,

assistant lecturer at Rhodes University from 1991 to 1992.[6]

In 1993, he returned to England and was appointed

honorary canon of Sheffield Cathedral from 2001.[6]

On 2 May 2014, it was announced that Thomson would be the next

consecrated a bishop at York Minster on 3 July 2014 by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York.[3] He retired in July 2024.[10]

Personal life

In 1986, Thomson married Susan.[5][2] Together they have two daughters.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Thomson, John Bromilow". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 24 July 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c "Suffragan Bishop of Selby: John Bromilow Thomson". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Consecrations of two new North Yorkshire bishops". BBC News. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "✠ The Rt Revd Dr John Bromilow THOMSON". The Church of England Year Book. Church House Publishing. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^
    Who's Who 2023
    . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "John Bromilow Thomson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. ^ Thomson, John Bromilow (2001). "The ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas as a distinctively Christian theology of liberation (1970-2000)". E-Thesis Online Service. British Library Board. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  8. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ^ "Two Bishops in the Diocese of York to retire in mid-2024". Diocese of York. 27 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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