Karen Elizabeth Hutchinson[1] (born 1964) is a British Church of England priest. She served as the Archdeacon of Norwich[2] between 2016[3] and 2022.


Karen Hutchinson
Lay Ministry Development Officer
Hutchinson in 2018
DioceseDiocese of Salisbury
In office2022–present
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Norwich (2016–2022)
Orders
Ordination2001 (deacon)
2002 (priest)
Personal details
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

Hutchinson read Mathematics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She qualified as a solicitor in 1989.[4]

She was ordained in 2002.[5] After a curacy in Alton,[6] she held incumbencies in the Diocese of Guildford, first as vicar of Crondall and Ewshot from 2006 to 2012,[7] and then as vicar of The Bourne and Tilford from 2012 to 2016.[8] She was appointed Diocesan Advisor on Women's Ministry in 2010,[9] and in 2016 she was appointed Archdeacon of Norwich.[10] On 4 April 2022,[11] she became Lay Ministry Development Officer in the Diocese of Salisbury.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ YouTube
  2. ^ Women and the Church
  3. ^ "The Wey" Diocese of Guildford Newspaper p1 November 2016
  4. ^ edp24
  5. ^ "Karen Elizabeth Hutchinson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Appointments". Church Times. 23 December 2005. p. 31.
  7. ^ Farnham Herald
  8. ^ Churches Together in Farnham
  9. ^ C of E Guildford
  10. ^ Norwich Cathedral
  11. ^ "tweet by KarenH_LMDO". Twitter. 3 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Lay Ministry gets a new Diocesan Champion". Diocese of Salisbury. 8 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.