Jenny Tomlinson Explained

Jennifer Clare Tomlinson (née Mills) (born 10 August 1961) has been Archdeacon of Birmingham, England, since 2019.

Early life

Tomlinson was educated at Humphrey Perkins School up to the age of 16^[1] and took her A levels at Rawlins Academy in Quorn, Leicestershire.^[2] She attended St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn.

She studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Church

She was ordained after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Her first posts were curacies in Godalming. She was a hospital chaplain at Thurrock from 1998 to 2009; and Bishop's Adviser on Women's Ministry^[3] from 2008 until her appointment as Archdeacon.^[4]

Personal life

She married in 1993, and has two daughters.

Notes and References

1. Leicester Mercury Friday 13 December 1974, page 27
2. Leicester Mercury Thursday 18 January 1979, page 17
3. https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/jenny-tomlinson-announced-as-the-new-archdeacon-of-Birmingham Chelmsford Anglican
4. Web site: Diocese of Birmingham . 22 January 2020 . 15 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190515085128/http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/05/13/revd-canon-jenny-tomlinson-becomes-new-archdeacon-birmingham/ . dead .