Helen-Ann Hartley


Helen-Ann Hartley
Bishop of Newcastle
Hartley in 2024
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseNewcastle
Installed3 February 2023
PredecessorChristine Hardman
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination
  • 2005 (deacon)
  • 2006 (priest)
Consecration22 February 2014
by Philip Richardson
Personal details
Born
Helen-Ann Macleod Francis

(1973-05-28) 28 May 1973 (age 51)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMyles Hartley
ProfessionBishop and academic
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
Assumed office
21 September 2023

Helen-Ann Macleod Hartley (née Francis; born 28 May 1973) is a British Anglican bishop, Lord Spiritual, and academic. Since 2023, she has served as Bishop of Newcastle in the Church of England.[1] She previously served as Bishop of Waikato in New Zealand from 2014 to 2017, and area Bishop of Ripon in the Diocese of Leeds from 2018 to 2023. She was the first woman to have trained as a priest in the Church of England to join the episcopate,[2] and the third woman to become a bishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[3]

  1. ^ "Latest civil service & public affairs moves – October 24". Civil Service World. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ Percy, Martyn. "Rejoicing as the Revd Dr Helen-Ann Macleod Hartley is consecrated as Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki". News. Diocese of Oxford. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ Gardner, Chris (5 September 2013). "Waikato elects first Anglican woman bishop". Waikato Times. Retrieved 4 December 2014.