Tim Barker (priest) explained

Timothy Reed Barker (born 18 August 1956) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2015, he has served as the Dean of Guernsey. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Archdeacon of Lincoln in the Diocese of Lincoln.^[1]

Early life and education

Tim Barker was born on 18 August 1956.^[2] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Queens' College, Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge.

Ordained ministry

He was ordained in 1981.^[3] After a curacy in Nantwich he was Vicar of Norton from 1983 to 1988; and then Runcorn until 1994. He was Chaplain to the Bishop of Chester from 1994 to 1998. In that year he became Vicar of Spalding, a post he held for 9 years.^[4]

Tim Barker became Dean of Guernsey at the end of November 2015.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/page.php?i_@CI_74 Diocesan web-site
2. http://directors.findthebest.co.uk/l/2897449/Timothy-Reed-Barker Find the best
3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
4. ‘BARKER, Ven. Timothy Reed’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 17 Oct 2014
5. http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/news-events/news-stories/the-archdeacon-of-lincoln-is-to-become-the-dean-of-guernsey/ Diocese of Lincoln — The Archdeacon of Lincoln is to become the Dean of Guernsey