Английская Википедия:Dianna Gwilliams
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Christian leader Dianna Lynn Gwilliams DL (born 26 May 1957) is an American-British retired Anglican priest. She served as Dean of Guildford, 2013[1]–2023.
Early life and education
Gwilliams was born on 26 May 1957 in Colorado, United States.[2][3][4][5] She grew up in California,[6] and was educated at Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California.[5] She studied at the University of California, majoring in physics and chemistry, and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1978.[7]
In 1978, she travelled to the United Kingdom while she was on tour (as a sound engineer) for a musical called The Witness.[8] She was a sound engineer for 12 years.[3]
From 1989 to 1992, she trained for ordained ministry on the Southwark Ordination Course, a part-time theological training course.[9] She later studied youth ministry and theological education at King's College London, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2001.[7][9]
Ordained ministry
Gwilliams was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1992 and as a priest in 1994.[10] From 1992 to 1997, she was an non-stipendiary minister and assistant curate at St Saviour's Church, Peckham, known locally as the Copleston Church, in the Diocese of Southwark.[11] She then moved into full-time ministry and became an assistant curate at St Barnabas' Church, Dulwich.[5] In 1999, she was appointed vicar of St Barnabas' Church and chaplain of Christ's Chapel of God's Gift.[9] She was additionally area dean of Dulwich from 2005 to 2012 and dean of women's ministry for the Diocese of Southwark from 2009 to 2012.[9] In 2006, she was made an honorary canon of Southwark Cathedral.[9] From 2007 to 2011, she was also priest-in-charge of Copleston Church, where she had started her ministry.[9]
In April 2013, it was announced that Gwilliams had been appointed the next Dean of Guildford.[12] She was installed as dean at Guildford Cathedral on 15 September 2013.[13] She was the first female Dean of Guildford and, in 2013, was one of the most senior female priests in the Church of England, alongside five other female deans.[3] She retired as dean in September 2023, after ten years in the role; her final service was evensong on 17 September.[14]
Views
She was chair of Inclusive Church[15] from 2012[16] until 2022;[17] an organisation that educates on full inclusion of every person in the church regardless of "disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality".[18]
Personal life
She has three children (including a daughter who died in infancy), five grandchildren and her husband is a stonemason. She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.[19]
References
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