Robin Ward (Anglican priest)
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The Reverend Canon Robin Ward (born 1966) is Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford.
He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (BA 1987, MA 1991) and St Stephen's House, Oxford. He later obtained a PhD from King's College London (2003) on submission of a thesis entitled The Schism at Antioch in the Fourth Century'.
Father Ward was ordained deacon in 1991 and priest in 1992. He served as Assistant Curate of Romford St Andrew 1991-94 and of Willesden Green St Andrew and St Francis of Assisi 1994-96. He was Vicar of Sevenoaks St John the Baptist from 1996 until 2006 and Chaplain of Invicta Community Care NHS Trust from 1997 until 2006. He was also Honorary Canon Theologian of Rochester Cathedral from 2005 until 2006. On 1 September 2006 he became Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford.
Father Ward represented the Diocese of Rochester in the General Synod of the Church of England. He was a member of the Revision Committee on Ordination Services and a representative of the Catholic Group. He is a member of the Society of the Holy Cross.
Father Ward is married to Ruth Ward, a solicitor, and they have two children.
[edit] Items written by Robin Ward
- Robin Ward, Building Disciplined Lives of Regular Prayer, Study and Worship
- Robin Ward, review of Herbert McCabe, The Good Life: Ethics and the pursuit of happiness
- Robin Ward, 'God is Gone Up', Church Times Issue 7416 (29 April 2005)
[edit] Sources and further information
- Appointments, Church Times Issue 7400 (7 January 2005)
- University of Oxford Annual Review 2005/06
- New appointments: Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford Blueprint: The newsletter of the University of Oxford 6:12 (29 June 2006)
- Staff at St Stephen's House
- St Stephen's House welcomes new Principal
- Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion and other Churches (as at February 2004)
- General Synod: Ordination Services: Revision Committee
- 'Schooling in faith: Oxford’s theological colleges look to the future', the Door (1 September 2006)
- Crockford's Clerical Directory (97th edn, London: Church House Publishing, 2001), p. 788
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