Jane Williams (theologian)

The Lady Williams of Oystermouth
Born
Hilary Jane Paul

(1957-03-04) 4 March 1957 (age 67)
Trivandrum, India
NationalityEnglish
Other names
  • Hilary Jane Williams
  • Jane Williams
Spouse
(m. 1981)
ParentGeoffrey Paul
Academic background
Alma materClare College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
School or traditionAnglicanism
InstitutionsSt Mellitus College

Hilary Jane Williams, Lady Williams of Oystermouth (née Paul; born 1957), is an English Anglican theologian and writer.

Williams was born on 4 March 1957[1] in Trivandrum, India, one of five sisters.[2] Her father, Geoffrey Paul, former Bishop of Bradford, was then serving as a missionary priest at Palayamkottai and later Kerala.[3] Her father was a member of the faculty and later became the principal of the Kerala United Theological Seminary at Kannammoola, where she spent part of her childhood.[4] She studied theology at Clare College, Cambridge, and then worked in theological publishing and education. For three years she wrote a Sunday readings column for the Church Times (published by SPCK as Lectionary Reflections) and now works part-time for Redemptorist Publications, as a visiting lecturer at King's College London. She is assistant dean and lecturer at St Mellitus College (formerly St Paul's Theological Centre) in London.[5]

Williams has been married since July 1981 to Rowan Williams,[6] who was appointed as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002. They have a daughter named Rhiannon (born 1988) and a son named Pip (born 1996).[7] Following her husband's retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury and his subsequent peerage, Williams is entitled to the style and title of Lady Williams of Oystermouth.

  1. ^ "Williams, Jane, 1957- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".
  2. ^ Archbishop of Canterbury - Jane Williams
  3. ^ BBC - Religions - Christianity: Dr Rowan Williams
  4. ^ Archbishop of Canterbury arrives in Thiruvananthapuram
  5. ^ "St Mellitus College website". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ^ Archbishop of Canterbury to Visit Diocese of Bradford
  7. ^ Instruments of Communion - Archbishops of Canterbury - Biography