Church Commissioners - Current Commissioners

Current Commissioners

  • The Most Revd and Rt Hon Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (Chair)
  • The Most Revd and Rt Hon John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
  • The three Church Estates Commissioners, who represent the Church Commissioners in General Synod – the Second Commissioner is a Member of Parliament and answers to Parliament for the business of the Commissioners
    • First Church Estates Commissioner: Andreas Whittam Smith
    • Second Church Estates Commissioner: Sir Tony Baldry MP
    • Third Church Estates Commissioner: Timothy Walker
  • Four bishops elected by the House of Bishops
    • The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London
    • The Rt Revd David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham
    • The Rt Revd Michael Hill, Bishop of Bristol
    • The Rt Revd Peter R. Forster, Bishop of Chester
  • Three elected by the House of Clergy
    • The Revd Canon Robert Baker
    • The Revd Canon David Stanton
    • The Revd Stephen Trott
  • Four elected by the House of Laity
    • April Alexander
    • Lay Canon Peter Bruinvels
    • Gavin Oldham
    • Jacob Vince
  • Two elected by the deans
    • The Very Revd Jonathan Greener, Dean of Wakefield
    • The Very Revd John Clarke, Dean of Wells
  • Three nominated by the Queen
    • Harry Hart
    • Lay Canon John Spence
    • John Wythe
  • Three nominated by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
    • Peter Harrison
    • Jeremy Clack
    • Nick Sykes
  • Three nominated by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York after consultation with the Lord Mayors of the Cities of London and York and the Vice-Chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge Universities
    • Brian Carroll
    • Emma Osborne
    • Hywel Rees-Jones
  • Six ex officio members
    • The Rt Hon David Cameron, Prime Minister
    • The Rt Hon Nick Clegg, Lord President of the Council
    • The Rt Hon Chris Grayling, Lord Chancellor
    • The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
    • The Rt Hon John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons
    • The Rt Hon The Baroness D'Souza, Lord Speaker

The Secretary (i.e. chief executive) of the Church Commissioners is Andrew Brown

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