Denise Ferguson

{{Short description|New Zealand bishop}}

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| name = Denise Ferguson

| title = Assistant bishop, Anglican Diocese of Adelaide

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| church = Anglican Church of Australia

| diocese = Adelaide

| term_start = 21 July 2019{{cite web |title=Bishop Denise Ferguson |url=https://adelaideanglicans.com/who-we-are/leadership/bishop-denise/ |website=Anglican Diocese of Adelaide |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Adelaide |accessdate=14 January 2020}}

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| ordination = 1988 (as lay reader)
1999 (as deacon)

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| consecration = 21 July 2019

| consecrated_by = Geoffrey Smith

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| nationality = New Zealand

| religion = Anglican

| spouse = Mark{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Rebecca |title=The Reverend making SA history today: Denise Ferguson appointed as Assistant Bishop in Adelaide |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/the-reverend-making-sa-history-today-denise-ferguson-appointed-as-assistant-bishop-in-adelaide/news-story/be95074f0c00d210865864b2a637ae04 |accessdate=14 January 2020 |work=Sunday Mail (SA) |publisher=News Corp Australia |date=20 July 2019}}

| children = Daughter

| alma_mater = Otago University

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Denise Ferguson is a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. She served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide from July 2019, to July 2024 appointed bishop in the Province of South Australia.{{Cite web |last=Officer |first=Media |date=2024-07-29 |title=Farewell and thanks to Bishop Denise |url=https://adelaideguardian.com/2024/07/29/farewell-and-thanks-to-bishop-denise/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Guardian |language=en}}

Denise was born in New Zealand, and prior to entering ministry served as a staffer to the New Zealand Defence Force. She commenced training for ministry at the age of 39, and began her ministry career in the Anglican Diocese of Wellington, where she was licensed as a lay reader in 1988 and ordained as a deacon in 1999. Ferguson served as vicar of St Matthew's Palmerston North and then as Archdeacon of Manawatu.{{cite news |last1=Clarke-Morris |first1=Julieanne |title=Adelaide ordains NZ woman bishop |url=https://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/news/the_communion/asst_adelaide |accessdate=14 January 2020 |work=anglicantaonga: Telling the stories of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia |publisher=Anglican Taonga Online |date=9 August 2019}} She later served as the Bishop's Chaplain for Ministry Discernment in the Diocese of Wellington, and her final position prior to relocating to Australia, Ferguson was the Canon Registrar for the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki.

In 2014 Ferguson moved to Australia, where she worked in the Diocese of Brisbane as Rector of the Parish of East Redland as well as Archdeacon of Moreton.

Ferguson was consecrated as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide on 21 July 2019. Her responsibilities involve parish visiting and liturgical roles, as well as oversight of three areas of ministry across South Australia: multicultural diversity in ministry, healthcare chaplaincies – covering both hospital and social service based care contexts – and ministry formation.

Ferguson is married to Martin, an army officer who put his career on hold to support her ministry training. She also has a daughter and is a grandmother.