Vivienne Faull

The Right Reverend

Vivienne Faull
The Right Reverend; Vivienne Faull
Bishop of Bristol
	Official portrait, 2019
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Bristol
In office	2018 – present
Predecessor	Mike Hill
Other post(s)	Provost/Dean of Leicester (2000–2012); Dean of York (2012–2018); Lord Spiritual (2018–present);
Orders
Ordination	1987 (deacon) ; 1994 (priest)
Consecration	3 July 2018; by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	20 May 1955 (age 68)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	St Hilda's College, Oxford ; St John's College, Nottingham
Member of the House of Lords; (Lord Spiritual)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 October 2018

Vivienne Frances Faull (born 20 May 1955) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual. Since 2018, she has served as the Bishop of Bristol. In 1985, she was the first woman to be appointed chaplain to an Oxbridge college.^[1] She was later a cathedral dean, and the only female cathedral provost in Church of England history, having served as Provost of Leicester from 2000 to 2002.

^ "First woman provost in England". ACNS. 25 March 2000. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[1] "First woman provost in England". ACNS. 25 March 2000. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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