Andrew Proud
British bishop
Andrew John Proud (born 27 March 1954) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was area Bishop of Reading in the Church of England (Diocese of Oxford) and previously the area bishop for the Horn of Africa in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East (Diocese of Egypt).
Early life and education
Proud was born on 27 March 1954. He graduated from King's College London's Theological Department in 1979 with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and an Associateship of King's College (AKC), then trained for ministry at Lincoln Theological College for a year. Proud undertook a Master of Arts (MA) degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, from 2001 to 2002.
Ordained ministry
Proud was made a deacon at Petertide 1980 (29 June) by John Trillo, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral, and began his ministry with a three-year curacy at St Mary's, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. At Petertide 1981 (28 June) he was ordained a priest by Roderic Coote, Bishop of Colchester, at St Andrew's, Halstead. In 1983, he became Team Vicar of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, until 1990, when he moved to Bishop's Hatfield, where he was an assistant priest in the team ministry until 1992. From that point until 2001, he was rector at St Mary's, East Barnet, Greater London, before he returned to university for postgraduate study.
Proud relocated to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to be chaplain at St Matthew's Church in 2002.
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