Christine Froude

Froude was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996.^[5] She has spent all her ministry in the Diocese of Bristol.^[5] She served her curacy as a non-stipendiary minister of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop, Bristol between 1995 and 1999.^[4][5]

She was Chaplain of the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust from 1999 to 2001;^[6] Dean of Women's Ministry for the Diocese of Bristol from 2000 to 2011; Priest in charge of St Mary, Shirehampton from 2001 to 2011; and an Honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral from 2001 to 2011.

In December 2010, it was announced that she would be the next Archdeacon of Malmesbury.^[7][8] She was collated and installed as archdeacon during a service at Bristol Cathedral on 21 April 2011.^[9] In January 2012, she also became a director of the Church Pastoral Aid Society.^[10] From December 2012 until June 2018, she was the acting Archdeacon of Bristol in addition to being the Archdeacon of Malmesbury: this made her the only archdeacon then serving in the Diocese of Bristol.^[11]

Froude belongs to the Evangelical Anglican tradition of the Church of England.^[10] She supports the ordination of women as priests and bishops.^[12]

In 1972, the then Christine Woolcock married David Froude. Together they have two children: one son and one daughter.^[4]