Tim Ellis (bishop)

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Early life

Ellis was educated at City Grammar School, Sheffield;Script error: No such module "Unsubst". trained for the ministry at King's College London and[4] at St Augustine's College, Canterbury; and took his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) at York University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Ordained ministry

Ordained in 1977 he began his career with a curacy in Manchester[5] at St John's Church, Old Trafford and was then successively Vicar at Pendleton; Vicar of St Leonard, Norwood, Sheffield; Rural Dean of Ecclesfield, also Canon of Sheffield Cathedral, and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey in the Diocese of Lincoln.

A keen Sheffield Wednesday fan[6] and occasional blogger,[7] he is also believed to be the first bishop to sport an earring.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Ellis was the celebrant at the first U2charist in England[8][9] and organised a national vigil before the first Gulf War.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He is Chair of Sheffield Faiths Together and Chair of the community-led housing organisation, East Midlands Community Led Housing Trust. He continues to serve on the Fabric Advisory Council of Sheffield CathedralScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and is a member of the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Christian Burials in England's Standing Committee,[10] having been vice-chair of the Council for the Care of Churches.[11]

Ellis is now honorary assistant bishop in the Sheffield and Derby dioceses.

On 11 February 2017, Ellis was one of fourteen retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England. In an unprecedented move, they expressed their opposition to the House of Bishops' report to General Synod on sexuality, which recommended no change to the church's canons or practises around sexuality.[12] By 13 February, a serving bishop (Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham) and nine further retired bishops had added their signatures;[13] on 15 February, the report was rejected by synod.[14]

In December 2024, Ellis was appointed chair of the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Diocese of Sheffield.[15]


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Publications and articles

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References

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  1. ↑ Crockfords On-line- accessed 17 May 2008
  2. ↑ Diocese of Lincoln Central Services Review – Report to the Bishop of Lincoln Script error: No such module "webarchive". (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  3. ↑ Diocese of Lincoln Central Services Review – Response from the Bishop of Lincoln Script error: No such module "webarchive". (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  4. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 Template:ISBN
  5. ↑ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 Template:ISBN
  6. ↑ "The Ven Dr Tim Ellis will become the Bishop of Grantham on St Valentine's Day", Grantham Journal, 10 January 2006]
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  12. ↑ Retired Bishops' Letter – The Letter Script error: No such module "webarchive". (Accessed 11 February 2017; the fourteen bishops were David Atkinson, Michael Doe, Ellis, David Gillett, John Gladwin, Laurie Green, Richard Harries, Stephen Lowe, Stephen Platten, John Pritchard, Peter Selby, Tim Stevens, Martin Wharton, and Roy Williamson.)
  13. ↑ Retired Bishops' Letter – New Signatures Script error: No such module "webarchive". (Accessed 17 February 2017; the nine bishops were Gordon Bates, Ian Brackley, John Davies, Peter Maurice, David Rossdale, John Saxbee, Martin Shaw, Oliver Simon, and David Stancliffe.
  14. ↑ "Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships", The Guardian, 15 February 2017. (Accessed 17 February 2017)
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Church of England titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Bishop of Grantham
2006–2013 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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