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