Posted on: Friday 22 May 2026

The Bishop of Norwich, in collaboration with the Bishop of Thetford, seeks an Archdeacon of Norfolk

to serve an archdeaconry comprising market towns and rural and coastal communities in south and east Norfolk, and the Waveney part of Suffolk.

We are looking for a prayerful priest who will contribute warmly to our life together, who will relish seeking solutions, identifying opportunities, working to mend divisions, and blowing on embers, and who shows:

collaborative and trusted leadership
strong pastoral and missional commitment
strategic thinking and organisational awareness
gifted communication and public representative abilities
personal resilience, integrity and safeguarding commitment
practical competence and leadership enabling skills

The Bishop of Norwich encourages applications from diverse backgrounds as a way of discerning God’s will and calling.

Further details on Pathways and at www.dioceseofnorwich.org/about/clergy-vacancies/

Closing date: 4pm, 26^th June, with applications sent to sophie.bell@dioceseofnorwich.org Interviews will be held in Norwich on 15^th and 16^th July 2026.

The Bishop of Thetford, The Rt Rev Ian Bishop, would be happy to have informal conversations about the role bishop.thetford@dioceseofnorwich.org

Closing date: 4:00 pm Friday 26 June 2026

Interviews: Wednesday 15 July 2026

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How to apply

Applications sent to sophie.bell@dioceseofnorwich.org Interviews will be held in Norwich on 15^th and 16^th July 2026.

The Bishop of Thetford, The Rt Rev Ian Bishop, would be happy to have informal conversations about the role bishop.thetford@dioceseofnorwich.org

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