Tricia Hillas
Royal Peculiar | |
|---|---|
| In office | February 2020 to present |
| Predecessor | Rose Hudson-Wilkin |
| Other post(s) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2002 (deacon) 2003 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
Patricia Dorothy Hillas (called Tricia;
Early life
Hillas was born in 1966
Career
Before Hillas's ordination she was a youth and social worker specialising in supporting those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS.[5]
She was ordained deacon in 2002 and priest in 2003. She served her curacy (2002 to 2005) at the Kensal Rise Team Ministry. From 2005 to 2014 she was vicar of St Barnabas Northolt Park. From 2014 until 2020 she was Canon Pastor at St Paul's Cathedral.[6] Ahead of the service marking the Grenfell Tower fire, Hillas was part of a team supporting the families of victims.[2]
In October 2019, Hillas was announced as the next
she resigned the parish post when she was appointed to her canonry.Remaining Speaker's Chaplain, Hillas was installed as a
On 13 May 2021, she led a short service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Parliament in World War II.[12]
Personal life
Hillas is married to Andrew Hillas, who is head of the youth offending service for Southwark.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Speaker's Statement – Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Rev Canon Patricia Hillas named as new Speaker's Chaplain – News from Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Patricia Dorothy Hillas". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "New Canon Pastor appointed at St Paul's – St Paul's Cathedral". www.stpauls.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "New chaplain to speaker of the House of Commons announced". www.premier.org.uk.
- ^ "Canon Patricia Dorothy HILLAS". www.crockford.org.uk.
- ^ Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Speaker (24 February 2020). "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 672. United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 1–.
- ^ "Tricia Hillas inaugurated as Speaker's Chaplain". Westminster Abbey. 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Speaker's Chaplain installed as Canon of Westminster". Westminster Abbey. 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "2020 Report (page 46)" (PDF). Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "In pictures: Commons marks 80 years since WW2 bombing". BBC News. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
