12 Facts About Arun Arora

Arun Arora was born on 10 October 1971 and is a British Anglican bishop and solicitor.

Arun Arora's mother was a Hindu and his father a Sikh.

Arun Arora studied law and politics at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1993.

Arun Arora co-authored The Rule of Lawyers, which was published in 1998.

Arun Arora then moved into working in public relations in the Church of England.

Arun Arora was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2007 and as a priest in 2008.

Arun Arora served his curacy at St Mark's Church, Harrogate in the then Diocese of Ripon and Leeds between 2007 and 2010.

Arun Arora was Director of Communications for the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England from September 2012 to 7 April 2017, based at Church House in Westminster, London.

On 12 December 2016, Arun Arora was announced as the next vicar of St Nicholas' Church, Durham in the Diocese of Durham.

On 27 May 2022, it was announced that Arun Arora was to become suffragan Bishop of Kirkstall in the Diocese of Leeds.

Arun Arora was consecrated as a bishop by Stephen Cottrell during a service at York Minster on 15 July 2022.

Arun Arora is an Anglican priest and is a tutor at the Lindisfarne College of Theology.