Talk:Gavin Ashenden

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Date of consecration as bishop

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments1 person in discussion

The article as currently written states (without sources) that Ashenden was consecrated bishop in 2017, after he had resigned as chaplain to the queen. My understanding is that the consecration had happened in 2013, while he was still chaplain to the queen and in active CofE ministry in Jersey, and only announced in 2017, something that was certainly controversial whether or not legal. Are the sources robust enough to add the 2013 date? Sources include https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/6-october/news/uk/uk-news-in-brief and https://www.christiantoday.com/article/gavin-ashenden-was-consecrated-a-bishop-four-years-ago-while-still-a-chaplain-to-the-queen/115342.htm. The latter includes extensive quotes from the man himself, justifying why the consecration was legal, and therefore seeming to accept the 2013 date. Johnstoo (talk) 13:58, 8 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

No-one has responded since I flagged the issue in the preceding comment. I have therefore made what I think is a justified and sourced change to the article. But this was all a bit controversial when it first came out, so it may be that there are still different views on what the article ought to say. Johnstoo (talk) 11:53, 19 February 2025 (UTC)Reply