Sarah Bullock

Bullock was born on 17 March 1964.{{Who's Who | title=Bullock, Sarah Ruth | id = U258161 | volume = 2016 | edition = November 2015 online | access-date = 24 July 2016 }} She studied English at the University of Surrey, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986.{{cite web |title=Shrewsbury, Area Bishop of, (Rt Rev. Sarah Ruth Bullock) (born 17 March 1964) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U258161 |website=Who's Who 2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=13 May 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2021}} She then worked as a teacher at Cheadle Hulme School, a private school in Manchester, from 1986 to 1990. During this time, she was also an assistant diocesan youth officer.

In 1990, Bullock matriculated into Cranmer Hall, Durham, to train for ordination. During this time, she also studied theology at Durham University where she was a member of St John's College, graduating with a further BA in 1993. She later completed a postgraduate certificate in theology, also from Durham, in 2012.

Bullock was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon at Petertide 1993 (27 June) by Christopher Mayfield, Bishop of Manchester, at Manchester Cathedral,{{Church Times | title = Petertide ordinations | archive = 1993_07_16_005 | issue = 6805 | date = 16 July 1993 | page = 5 | accessed = 15 July 2019 }} and ordained priest the Petertide following (25 June 1994) by Colin Scott, Bishop of Hulme, at St Clement's, Urmston.{{Church Times | title = Petertide ordinations | archive = 1994_07_22_005 | issue = 6858 | date = 22 July 1994 | page = 5 | accessed = 15 July 2019 }}

From 1993 to 1998, she served her curacy at St Paul's Church, Kersal Moor, in the Diocese of Manchester.{{Crockford | forenames = Sarah Ruth | surname = Bullock | id = 693 | accessed =13 May 2022}} After this she was vocations advisor for the Diocese of Manchester from 1998 to 2004, during which time she also served a parish in Moss Side. She was the rector of Whalley Range from 2004 to 2013. She was Archdeacon of York from 2013 until her ordination to the episcopate.{{Cite web |date=7 May 2019 |title=Archdeacon of York to be Bishop of Shrewsbury |url=https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/archdeacon-of-york-to-be-bishop-of-shrewsbury/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303211959/https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/archdeacon-of-york-to-be-bishop-of-shrewsbury/ |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Diocese of York}}[https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/archdeacon-of-york-to-be-bishop-of-shrewsbury/ Diocese of York website]

She was consecrated a bishop on 3 July 2019{{Cite web |last=Bate |first=Peter |date=7 May 2019 |title=New Bishop of Shrewsbury announced |url=https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/2019/05/07/new-bishop-shrewsbury-announced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507132810/https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/2019/05/07/new-bishop-shrewsbury-announced/ |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Diocese of Lichfield}} by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.{{Cite web |last=Bate |first=Peter |date=3 July 2019 |title=Bishop Sarah consecrated |url=https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/2019/07/03/bishop-sarah-consecrated/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705145951/https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/2019/07/03/bishop-sarah-consecrated/ |archive-date=5 July 2019 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Diocese of Lichfield}} A service of welcome was held at Shrewsbury Abbey on 13 July 2019.{{cite web |title=Service held to welcome new Bishop of Shrewsbury |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-48975701 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 May 2022 |date=13 July 2019}}

In November 2023, she was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy."{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Francis |title=Don't delay guidance allowing priests to be in same-sex marriages, say 44 bishops |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/3-november/news/uk/don-t-delay-guidance-allowing-priests-to-be-in-same-sex-marriages-say-44-bishops |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=Church Times |date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102131648/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/3-november/news/uk/don-t-delay-guidance-allowing-priests-to-be-in-same-sex-marriages-say-44-bishops |archive-date=2 November 2023}}

In 1992, she married Peter Bullock. They have one son.

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