Kevin Roberts (priest)
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Kevin Thomas Roberts[1] was the Archdeacon of Carlisle[2] from 2009[3] until 2016. He was the acting Archdeacon of Wells from 2016 until 2017[4], and was the Director of ReSource, a British Christian charity supporting local churches in renewal, from 2016 until his retirement in 2021.[5].
Kevin Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Kevin Thomas Roberts 11 October 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Senior posting | |
| Post | Archdeacon of Carlisle (2006–2016) Acting Archdeacon of Wells (2016–2017) |
Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea on 11 October 1955, he was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and ordained in 1984.[6] Following curacies at Beverley Minster and St John the Evangelist Church, Woodley,[7] he was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Meole Brace from 1991 to 2009.
He is a trustee of Simeon's Trustees[8][9], a trust established in the nineteenth century by Charles Simeon to purchase advowsons for Anglican ministers aligned with the Evangelical Anglicanism.
