Jo Bailey Wells
Jo Bailey Wells | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Dorking | |
Bailey Wells in 2022 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Guildford |
| In office | 29 June 2016 to January 2023 |
| Predecessor | Ian Brackley |
| Other post(s) | Bishop for Episcopal Ministry, Anglican Communion Office (2023–present) |
| Previous post(s) | Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1995 (deacon) 1996 (priest) |
| Consecration | 29 June 2016 by Justin Welby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joanne Caladine Bailey 24 June 1965 Bradford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Sam Wells |
| Children | Two |
| Occupation | Theologian Biblical scholar Priest |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University of Minnesota St John's College, Durham |
Joanne Caladine Bailey Wells (née Bailey; born 24 June 1965) is a British Anglican bishop, theologian, and academic. Since January 2023, she has served at the Anglican Communion Office in London as "Bishop for Episcopal Ministry". Previously, she was a lecturer in the Old Testament and biblical theology at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and then associate professor of Bible and Ministry at Duke Divinity School, Duke University, North Carolina; From 2013 until 2016, she had served as Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury; she was then Bishop of Dorking, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Guildford, 2016–2023.