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British Anglican priest

The Right Reverend Adam Atkinson
Bishop of Bradwell
Diocese	Diocese of Chelmsford
In office	September 2023 to present
Predecessor	John Perumbalath
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Charing Cross (2020–2023) Mission Director, Two Cities area (2019–2020)
Orders
Ordination	2007 (deacon) 2008 (priest)
Consecration	29 September 2023 by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	1967 (age 56–57)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Heather
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Birmingham Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

Adam Atkinson (born 1967) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2023, he has been Bishop of Bradwell in the Church of England's Diocese of Chelmsford. From 2020 to 2023, he was Archdeacon of Charing Cross in the Diocese of London.

Biography

Atkinson was born in 1967 and studied at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989. He trained for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an evangelical Anglican theological college, from 2005 to 2007.

Atkinson was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2007 and as a priest in 2008. After a curacy in Shadwell, he was Vicar of Bethnal Green for 9 years. He was Mission Director for the Two Cities area from 2019 until his appointment as an archdeacon. In March 2020, he was appointed Archdeacon of Charing Cross.

On 19 June 2023, it was announced that Atkinson would be the next Bishop of Bradwell, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chelmsford. On 29 September 2023, he was consecrated as a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at Westminster Abbey, before taking up his new role in November 2023.

References

^ "Adam Atkinson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
London Anglican
"Appointments". Church Times. No. 8193. 27 March 2020. p. 25. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
"Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Bradwell: 19 June 2023". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
"Eucharist with Ordination and Consecration". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
"Adam Atkinson announced as the Next Bishop of Bradwell". Diocese of Chelmsford. 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Portals:

v t e Archdeacons of London and of Charing Cross
High Medieval	Edward Reinger William de Beaumis Hugh de Mareni Nicholas Peter de Waltham Alard de Burnham Peter of Blois Walter Gilbert de Plesseto William of Sainte-Mère-Église Geoffrey de Lucy William de Rising Peter de Newport John Chishull William Passemer Geoffrey de Mortuo Mari Richard Swinefield Robert de Ros Richard de Gravesend
Late Medieval	John de Bedford John de Sancto Claro Peter de Dene Bego de Cavomonte Reginald de Sancto Albano Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Richard de Aston Pontius de Podio Barzaco Itherius de Concoreto Edmund Howard John of Thoresby Richard Kilvington Peter Cardinal du Cros James de Beaufort John Barnet Fortanerius Vassalli, Patriarch of Grado Adam de Hertington Thomas Baketon Thomas Stowe Reginald Kentwood John Snell Richard Moresby William Fallan Richard Martyn John de Gigliis John Forster Pedro de Ayala William Horsey John Young, suffragan bishop Geoffrey Wharton William Cliffe Thomas Bedyll Richard Gwent
Early modern	Edward Moylle John Wymmesley John Harpsfield John Mullins Theophilus Aylmer Thomas Paske John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh Edward Stillingfleet Thomas Tenison William Stanley Robert Tyrwhit Edward Cobden John Jortin Anthony Hamilton Richard Beadon William Bingham Joseph Pott William Hale
Late modern	Piers Claughton Edwin Gifford William Sinclair Ernest Holmes Ernest Sharpe Oswin Gibbs-Smith George Appleton Martin Sullivan Sam Woodhouse Frank Harvey George Cassidy Peter Delaney David Meara Nick Mercer Luke Miller
Charing Cross	John Klyberg Bill Jacob Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Archdeacon for the Two Cities Adam Atkinson Katherine Hedderly

Diocese of London

St Paul's Cathedral
Westminster Abbey (second cathedral, 1550–1556)
The Old Deanery, London
Diocesan House, London
Diocese of Westminster (1540–1550)
Area scheme (1979–present)

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London
Area bishops	Emma Ineson, Bishop of Kensington Joanne Grenfell, Bishop of Stepney Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, Bishop of Willesden Anderson Jeremiah, Bishop of Edmonton
Other suffragan bishops	AEO: Jonathan Baker, Bishop suffragan of Fulham & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Ric Thorpe, Bishop of Islington (bishop for church plants) Pete Broadbent, Bishop's Adviser (2030 Vision) and honorary assistant bishop
Deans and senior priests	Andrew Tremlett, Dean of St Paul's
Archdeacons	Luke Miller, Archdeacon of London John Hawkins, Archdeacon of Hampstead Richard Frank, Archdeacon of Middlesex Catherine Pickford, Archdeacon of Northolt Peter Farley-Moore, Archdeacon of Hackney Katherine Hedderly, Archdeacon of Charing Cross

Historic offices

Bishop suffragan of Bedford (1534–1914)
Bishop suffragan of Marlborough (1888–1918)
Archdeacon of Colchester; Archdeacon of Essex (both: 12th century–1846; moved to Rochester then St Albans then Chelmsford)
Archdeacon of St Albans (1550–1845; moved to Rochester then St Albans)

Historic residences

Fulham Palace (8th century–1975)
London House, Ludgate Hill (?–17th century)
London House, Aldersgate (18th century)
London House, St James's (18th–19th centuries)

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