Janet Mackenzie
Janet Mackenzie (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest and former teacher. Since September 2016, she has been the Archdeacon of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans.
Janet Mackenzie | |
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Archdeacon of Hertford | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of St Albans |
In office | September 2016 to present |
Predecessor | Trevor Jones |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2006 (deacon) 2007 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 (age 58–59) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater |
Early life and education
Mackenzie was born in 1962.[1][2] She studied at Westminster College, Oxford, a teacher training college, and graduated with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in 1986.[1] She then worked in education.[3] In 2004, she entered Westcott House, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college in the Liberal Catholic tradition, to train for Holy Orders.[2] During this time, she also studied theology at Anglia Ruskin University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2008.[1]
Ordained ministry
Mackenzie was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2006 and as a priest in 2007.[2] From 2006 to 2010, she served her curacy at St Swithun's Church, Sandy in the Diocese of St Albans.[1][2] In 2010, she joined the Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, Luton as priest-in-charge.[2][3] She was additionally Area Dean of Luton between 2012 and 2016.[3] She was made Vicar of St Augustine's in 2014.[2]
On 6 September 2016, Mackenzie was collated as Archdeacon of Hertford during a service at St Andrew and St George's Church, Stevenage.[4] On 19 November 2016, she was installed as a Canon of St Albans Cathedral; all archdeacons of the diocese are made canons of the cathedral.[5]
References
- 'MACKENZIE, Ven. Janet', 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 1 July 2017
- "Janet Mackenzie". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "Next Archdeacon of Hertford". Diocese of St Albans. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "New Archdeacon's Collation date". Diocese of St Albans. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "Three New Canons". Diocese of St Albans. Retrieved 1 July 2017.