Andrew Tremlett was born on 9 March 1964 and is a British Church of England priest.
18 Facts About Andrew Tremlett
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Andrew Tremlett's father is Tony Tremlett, who was a Church of England priest and former archdeacon.
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Andrew Tremlett then matriculated into Pembroke College, Cambridge to study classics.
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Andrew Tremlett graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Cambridge Master of Arts degree in 1990.
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In 1986, Tremlett began training for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, a theological college in the Evangelical Anglicanism tradition.
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Andrew Tremlett was awarded the Pusey and Ellerton Senior Prize which is awarded to "candidates whose performance in Biblical Hebrew the examiners judge to be of sufficient merit".
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Andrew Tremlett studied patristics, and his thesis was titled "Metaphors of Salvation in the Soteriology of Origen of Alexandria".
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Andrew Tremlett was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1989 and as a priest in 1990.
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Andrew Tremlett served as chaplain to the Mission to Seafarers and as assistant Chaplain of St Mary's Anglican and Episcopal Church in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 1992 to 1994.
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Andrew Tremlett then moved to the Diocese of Chichester, where he was vicar of St Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, from 2003 to 2008.
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Andrew Tremlett had been appointed a canon residentiary of Bristol Cathedral and the Keeper of the Fabric; as such, he was responsible for the cathedral's development plan.
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In July 2010, it was announced that Andrew Tremlett was to be made a Canon of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster.
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However, John Bercow blocked the appointment of Andrew Tremlett having described him as "another white middle aged man", and instead appointed Rose Hudson-Wilkin as chaplain.
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On 17 December 2015, Andrew Tremlett was announced as the next Dean of Durham.
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Andrew Tremlett has been rector of St Chad's College, Durham, from 2017.
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Andrew Tremlett was formally appointed on 21 September 2022, and installed on 25 September 2022.
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Andrew Tremlett married Ali, a teacher, in 1988 and has three children; they separated in 2016 and divorced in 2021.
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Andrew Tremlett had a cat called Badger which became well known among the students of Durham University and residents living in the city.