18 Facts About Anne Dyer

Anne Catherine Dyer was born on February 1957 and is a British Anglican bishop, and previously an academic administrator.

Anne Dyer was reinstated as Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney 8 October 2024 after Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal was dismissed and her suspension ended.

Anne Dyer studied chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree: as per tradition, her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts degree.

In 1984, Anne Dyer entered Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry.

Anne Dyer left theological college in 1987 to be ordained in the Church of England.

Anne Dyer continued her theological studies, and completed a Master of Theology degree at King's College, London in 1989.

Anne Dyer was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1987 and as a priest in 1994.

Anne Dyer stepped down as warden in 2011, and was succeeded by Mark Tanner.

In 2011, Anne Dyer moved to the Scottish Episcopal Church, having been appointed rector of Holy Trinity Church, Haddington, East Lothian in the Diocese of Edinburgh.

On 9 November 2017, Anne Dyer was selected as the next Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, making her the first woman to have become a bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Anne Dyer's selection caused controversy due to her gender, support of same-sex marriage, and that she was not elected by the diocese itself.

Anne Dyer was consecrated a bishop on 1 March 2018 during a service at St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen.

In February 2021, Anne Dyer was accused of bullying by a number of clergy, laypeople and church employees in The Times.

Amongst the issues reported in The Times article was that an independent investigation had been commissioned after Anne Dyer dismissed the musical director at her cathedral.

Anne Dyer's report, which Dyer tried to have changed after completion, found that there was a culture of bullying and "systematic dysfunction in the diocese", and that there were previous similar problems in Dyer's time at Durham.

Anne Dyer has stated that she herself had been a victim of bullying, that the diocese was "not well", and that "The mediation process being offered to our diocese is our treatment".

On 10 August 2022, Anne Dyer was suspended as bishop after the SEC announced they had received two complaints of bullying.

In 2024 allegations were submitted to the Scottish Charity Regulator charging that Anne Dyer oversaw submission of incorrect accounts for the Episcopal Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney.