Andy Bowerman
Andy Bowerman | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Bradford | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Bradford |
| In office | June 2022 – January 2026 |
| Predecessor | Jerry Lepine |
| Successor | Vacant |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2002 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Bowerman July 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Andy Bowerman (born July 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Between 2022 and 2026, he served as Dean of Bradford.
Life and career
[edit]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] On 18 January 2026, he left Bradford to take up a position as the first Head of Faith and Community at CREST Education, a Christian education network consisting of a group of schools in Melbourne, Australia.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]Bowerman is married to Ali, and they have four children.[2] They have also fostered twenty-four foster children.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Andrew Bowerman". Companies House. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Andy Bowerman to Become the New Dean of Bradford". Bradford Cathedral. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "Revd Andy Bowerman returns to Bradford to become the Cathedral's new Dean in 2022". Bradford Cathedral. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Bowerman back to Bradford". Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "A Message from the Very Revd Andy Bowerman, Dean of Bradford". Bradford Cathedral. 2 November 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- 1 2 "New adventure for vicar who fostered 24 children". BBC News. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.