Jeanette Margaret Gosney (born 1958) is a British retired Anglican priest. She served as Archdeacon of Suffolk in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 2020 until her 2023 retirement. She was previously a chaplain, theological college tutor, and in parish ministry.[1][2]
Ordained ministry edit
Gosney was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996.[2] She served her curacy at St Margaret's Church, Ipswich between 1995 and 1998.[3] She then joined the Loughborough University where she was a chaplain in 1998 and senior chaplain from 1998 to 2001.[2] She moved into teaching, working as tutor in practical theology at Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college, between 2001 and 2004.[3][2] From 2004 to 2005, she was chaplain of Repton School, a private boarding school in Derbyshire.[4][5] In November 2006, she returned to parish ministry, having been appointed team vicar of a rural benefice in the Diocese of St Albans.[3][5]
She was collated as archdeacon on 18 January 2020 during a service at St Michael's Church, Framlingham,[6] and then installed as a canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral on 2 February 2020.[7] She retired effective 25 April 2023.[8]
Selected works edit
- Gosney, Jeanette (2002). Surviving child sexual abuse: supporting adults in the church. Cambridge: Grove Books. ISBN 978-1851745081.
References edit
- ^ "New Archdeacon of Suffolk collated". Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Jeanette Margaret Gosney". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Archdeacon Jeanette Gosney". Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "The Parish Magazine for Repton, Milton, Newton Solney, Foremarke and Ingleby". reptonchurch.uk. February 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
The Ash Wednesday service is to be held at St Wystan's church this year, at 8.30 pm on Wednesday 9th February. We welcome members of Repton School to join us on this occasion, and particularly the Rev'd Jeanette Gosney, the new Chaplain, who will give a short address.
- ^ a b "appointments". Church Times. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Cornwell, Richard (19 January 2020). "New Archdeacon for Suffolk to help growth of churches". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Installation of Canon Theologian and Archdeacon of Suffolk". St Edmundsbury Cathedral. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. 2 December 2022. ISSN 0009-658X.