Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Lynn: 28 April 2021
Published By GOV.UK [English], Wed, Apr 28, 2021 3:00 AM
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Venerable Dr Jane Elizabeth Steen, MA LLM PhD, Archdeacon of Southwark, in the diocese of Southwark to the Suffragan See of Lynn, in the diocese of Norwich, in succession to the Right Reverend Cyril Jonathan Meyrick who resigned on 25th January 2021.
Background
Jane was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge and trained for ministry at
Westcott House, Cambridge. She served her title at St John the Baptist, Chipping
Barnet, in the Diocese of St Albans and was ordained Priest in 1997.
In 1999, Jane was appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of Southwark in the Diocese of
Southwark. In 2005, she became Canon Chancellor at Southwark Cathedral, also
serving as Diocesan Director of Ministerial Education and Canon Theologian.
In 2013, Jane took up her current role as Archdeacon of Southwark.
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