Andy Bowerman

Bowerman was born in July 1967.^[1] In the mid-1990s he lived with his wife Ali in Pakistan supporting refugees and those vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, while also supporting house churches. On his return to the United Kingdom, he worked for a national disability charity.^[2]

He was ordained in Bradford Cathedral in 2002 after serving as a curate at St Augustine's, Undercliffe, and also served as a mission priest in the city. He served as the chaplain to Bradford City F.C. between 2004 and 2009, and ran the Vicar's Café Bistro in Saltaire.^[3] He then became team rector of Wareham in Dorset, and subsequently served as executive director of the Anglican Alliance, while also ministering to parishes in Somerset.^[4] He also served for eleven seasons as chaplain to Southampton F.C.^[2] In 2018, he took up a position in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, as a licensed priest of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and as the South Asia Regional Director of the Mission to Seafarers.^[4]

After being appointed Dean of Bradford, he was installed as Dean on 19 June 2022.^[2]

As of 2022, Bowerman is married to Ali, with four children and one grandson; they have also fostered twenty foster children.^[2]