Rachel Treweek

The Right Reverend Rachel Treweek
Bishop of Gloucester
Official portrait, 2019
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Gloucester
In office	2015–present
Predecessor	Michael Perham
Other post(s)	Bishop to HM Prisons (2020–present) Lord Spiritual (2015–present) Archdeacon of Hackney (2011–2015) Archdeacon of Northolt (2006–2011)
Orders
Ordination	3 July 1994 (deacon) 27 June 1995 (priest) by  David Hope (deacon) Martin Wharton (priest)
Consecration	22 July 2015 by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	Rachel Montgomery (1963-02-04) 4 February 1963 (age 61) Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Bishopscourt, Gloucester[1]
Spouse	Guy Treweek ​ (m. 2006)​
Profession	Former speech therapist Former family therapist
Alma mater	University of Reading Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Member of the House of Lords (Lord Spiritual)
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2015

Rachel Treweek (née Montgomery; born 4 February 1963) is an English Anglican bishop who sits in the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual.

Since June 2015, she has served as Bishop of Gloucester, the first female diocesan bishop in the Church of England. A former speech and language therapist, she was the Archdeacon of Hackney in the Diocese of London from 2011 until 2015.