Ruth Patten

{{Short description|Archdeacon of Colchester}}

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Ruth Janet Patten (b 1972) has been Archdeacon of Colchester since 2019.{{Crockford

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Patten was educated at the Roehampton Institute. She was ordained after a period of study at Westcott House Cambridge. Her first post was a curacy in Witham. She was Priest in charge at Great Dunmow{{cite web|url=https://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/news/dunmow-vicar-ruth-patten-becomes-archdeacon-1-5900761|author=Katherine Heslop|title=Dunmow vicar Ruth Patten becomes archdeacon | Great Dunmow & Stansted Airport News|website=Dunmow Broadcast|accessdate=22 January 2020}} before her appointment as Archdeacon.{{cite web|url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/new-archdeacon-of-colchester-appointed|title=New Archdeacon of Colchester appointed | Chelmsford Diocese|website=chelmsford.anglican.org|accessdate=22 January 2020}}