Julie Conalty
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Julie Conalty | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Birkenhead | |
_(Julie_Conalty_cropped).jpg) Conalty in 2022 | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chester |
| In office | 2021 to present |
| Predecessor | Keith Sinclair |
| Other post | Deputy lead bishop for safeguarding (2022–present) |
| Previous post | Archdeacon of Tonbridge (2017–2021) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1999 (deacon) 2000 (priest) |
| Consecration | 19 July 2021 by Stephen Cottrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Simon Malcolm |
| Children | 2 |
Julie Anne Conalty (born 1963) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 19 July 2021, she has been the Bishop of Birkenhead, one of two suffragan bishops of the Church of England Diocese of Chester.[1] She previously served as Archdeacon of Tonbridge in the Diocese of Rochester since 2017.[2][3]
Conalty trained for the ministry at the South East Institute for Theological Education; she was ordained deacon in 1999, and priest in 2000. She was at East Wickham from 1999 to 2004; and Charlton to 2010.[4] After a curacy at Plumstead Common she was Vicar of Erith from 2012 until her appointment as Archdeacon.[3]
Conalty was born in 1963.[5] She was educated at Ormskirk Grammar School in Ormskirk, Lancashire: it was a grammar school which became a comprehensive school while she was there.[6] She attended Cottage Lane Mission church and was a member of the youth group, before taking a Biblical Studies degree at the University of Sheffield.[2][7][8] Although she felt called to ordained ministry as a teenager, women could not become priests in the Church of England at that time.[3]
After leaving university, Conalty first worked with the homeless as a night shelter manager between 1985 and 1986.[2][6] She then moved into offender management, first as a community service officer (1986 to 1988), and then as a probation officer (1990 to 2002).[6] In between, she trained as a social worker.[9] In the 1990s, she finally trained for ordination on a part-time basis with the South East Institute of Theological Education.[3][7]
