Andy Lines


Andy Lines
Presiding Bishop
Lines in 2020
ChurchAnglican Network in Europe
DioceseAnglican Mission in England, Anglican Convocation Europe
Orders
Ordination1997 (deacon)
1998 (priest)
Consecration30 June 2017
by Foley Beach
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma mater
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1979–1988
RankCaptain
Service number509184
Unit2nd Royal Tank Regiment

Andrew John Lines (born 1960) is a British Anglican bishop. Since June 2017, he has been the Missionary Bishop to Europe of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), a province outside the Anglican Communion. In 2020, he became the first presiding bishop of the Anglican Network in Europe, a "proto-province" recognized by the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans.[1] Since 2000, he has been Mission Director and CEO of Crosslinks. He is also the chairman of the executive committee of the Anglican Mission in England (AMiE), the missionary arm of GAFCON in England. In June 2017, it was announced that he would be made a bishop for ACNA and GAFCON; he was consecrated on 30 June 2017.

  1. ^ "New Anglican jurisdiction is launched for Europe". Anglican Ink. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

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