THE new Bishop of Chelmsford has been announced. The Rt Rev’d Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani will succeed the Rt Rev’d Stephen Cottrell, who became Archbishop of York earlier this year. Bishop Guli is currently Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester - a post she has occupied since 2017. It completes a remarkable journey for Bishop Guli whose family fled Iran during the revolution in 1980, when she was just 13 years old. She has been unable to return ever since. Speaking about her appointment, Bishop Guli said “It is a great privilege to be appointed as the next Bishop of Chelmsford. I know there are many challenges ahead both in the church and wider society, not least as a result of the pandemic.
THE new Bishop of Chelmsford has been announced. The Rt Rev’d Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani will succeed the Rt Rev’d Stephen Cottrell, who became Archbishop of York earlier this year. Bishop Guli is currently Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester - a post she has occupied since 2017. It completes a remarkable journey for Bishop Guli whose family fled Iran during the revolution in 1980, when she was just 13 years old. She has been unable to return ever since. Speaking about her appointment, Bishop Guli said “It is a great privilege to be appointed as the next Bishop of Chelmsford. I know there are many challenges ahead both in the church and wider society, not least as a result of the pandemic.
THE new Bishop of Chelmsford has been announced. The Rt Rev’d Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani will succeed the Rt Rev’d Stephen Cottrell, who became Archbishop of York earlier this year. Bishop Guli is currently Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester - a post she has occupied since 2017. It completes a remarkable journey for Bishop Guli whose family fled Iran during the revolution in 1980, when she was just 13 years old. She has been unable to return ever since. Speaking about her appointment, Bishop Guli said “It is a great privilege to be appointed as the next Bishop of Chelmsford. I know there are many challenges ahead both in the church and wider society, not least as a result of the pandemic.
THE new Bishop of Chelmsford has been announced. The Rt Rev’d Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani will succeed the Rt Rev’d Stephen Cottrell, who became Archbishop of York earlier this year. Bishop Guli is currently Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester - a post she has occupied since 2017. It completes a remarkable journey for Bishop Guli whose family fled Iran during the revolution in 1980, when she was just 13 years old. She has been unable to return ever since. Speaking about her appointment, Bishop Guli said “It is a great privilege to be appointed as the next Bishop of Chelmsford. I know there are many challenges ahead both in the church and wider society, not least as a result of the pandemic.
THE new Bishop of Chelmsford has been announced. The Rt Rev’d Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani will succeed the Rt Rev’d Stephen Cottrell, who became Archbishop of York earlier this year. Bishop Guli is currently Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester - a post she has occupied since 2017. It completes a remarkable journey for Bishop Guli whose family fled Iran during the revolution in 1980, when she was just 13 years old. She has been unable to return ever since. Speaking about her appointment, Bishop Guli said “It is a great privilege to be appointed as the next Bishop of Chelmsford. I know there are many challenges ahead both in the church and wider society, not least as a result of the pandemic.