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The Ven Peter Bradford Rouch[1] (born 22 April 1966) is a British Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Bournemouth between 2011[2] and 2020.[3] Since May 2021, he has been CEO of the Church Army.[4]

Early life and education

Rouch was born on 22 April 1966 in Rochester, Kent, England. He was educated at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, an all-boys grammar school in Rochester.[5] He studied zoology at Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987:[5] as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree.[6] He worked for Barclays Bank,[4] before training for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge from 1996 to 1999.[6] While at Westcott, he also studied theology at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a further BA degree in 1998: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree.[5]

Ordained ministry

Rouch was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1999 and as a priest in 2000.[7] He served his curacy at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich in the Diocese of Southwark from 1999 to 2002.[6] He was on the staff of St Stephen's House, Oxford as a junior research fellow from 2002 to 2004.[8] During this time, he began studying for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Manchester, which he completed in 2005 with a doctoral thesis titled "The Christian doctrine of time in negotiation with contemporary physics ".[6][9] He was also chaplain to St John's College, Oxford for the 2003/2004 academic year.[5]

Rouch returned to parish ministry and was Priest in charge of Miles Platting in the Diocese of Manchester from 2005 to 2011.[10]

References

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ Bournemouth Echo
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ a b Thornton, Ed (15 February 2021). "The Ven. Dr Peter Rouch to be Church Army's Chief Executive". Church Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Rouch, Ven. Peter Bradford, (born 22 April 1966), Archdeacon of Bournemouth, since 2011". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Peter Bradford Rouch". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Adrian Harbidge". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  8. ^ "The Ven Dr Peter Bradford ROUCH". The Church of England Year Book. Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ Rouch, Peter B. (2004). "The Christian doctrine of time in negotiation with contemporary physics". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ ‘ROUCH, Ven. Peter Bradford’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 4 Aug 2017


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