Bev Mason | |
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Bishop of Warrington | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Liverpool |
In office | 2018 to present |
Predecessor | Richard Blackburn |
Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven (2016–2018) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2001 (deacon) 2003 (priest) |
Consecration | 18 October 2018 by John Sentamu |
Personal details | |
Born | Beverley Anne Mason August 1960 (age 63) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Bristol |
Beverley Anne Mason (called Bev) [1] [2] [3] [4] is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2018, she has served as the Bishop of Warrington, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool. She was the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds from 2016 to 2018. [5]
Mason was born in Germany. She trained for ordained ministry at Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college. [6] During this time, she also studied theology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2000. [7] After a further year of training, she left theological college to be ordained. [8]
Mason was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2003. [8] She served curacies at St Paul's Church, Rusthall (2001 to 2002) and St Margaret's Church, Rainham (2002 to 2005) in the Diocese of Rochester. [7] [8] She was then Vicar of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood in the Diocese of Southwark from 2005 to 2012. [8] [2] She was additionally Area Dean of Croydon North between 2010 and 2012. [8]
In 2012, Mason moved to Yorkshire, having been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Church of All Saints, Bingley in the Diocese of Bradford. [8] [9] She was made Vicar of All Saints a year later. [8] She was announced as the next Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven of the Diocese of Leeds in September 2015, and left All Saints at the end of 2015. [10] She took up the appointment of archdeacon in 2016. [7]
On 24 July 2018, it was announced Mason would become the next Bishop of Warrington, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool. [11] She was consecrated as a bishop at York Minster by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, on 18 October 2018. [12] She was officially welcomed into the diocese during a service at Liverpool Cathedral on 17 November 2018. [13] In the vacancy following Paul Bayes' retirement, Mason is also acting diocesan Bishop of Liverpool. [1]