Alastair Cutting | |
|---|---|
| Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich | |
 Cutting in 2006 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwark |
| In office | April 2013 to present |
| Predecessor | Christine Hardman |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1987 (deacon) 1988 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alastair Murray Cutting 29 May 1960 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse |
Kay (m. 1984) |
| Children | Two |
| Education | George Watson's College Lushington Boys School Watford Grammar School for Boys |
| Alma mater | Westhill College, University of Birmingham St John's College, Nottingham Heythrop College, University of London |
Alastair Murray Cutting (born 29 May 1960) is a British Church of England priest. Since 2013, he has served as the Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich in the Diocese of Southwark.[1][2]
Early life and education
Cutting was born on 29 May 1960 in Birmingham, England, the son of William Alexander Murray Cutting and his wife, Margaret McLean Cutting, née Manderson.[1] He was educated in three different countries: at George Watson's College, a private school in Edinburgh, Scotland; at Lushington Boys School, a private international Christian school in Ootacamund, India; and at Watford Grammar School for Boys, a state comprehensive school in Watford, England.[1] He grew up in South India where his parents worked at a rural hospital and "where four generations of his family lived and worked for nearly a century".[3]
Cutting took a gap year between school and university, during which he worked with the Salvation Army in South India.[3] He then returned to England, where he studied teaching and youth work at Westhill College, University of Birmingham.[1][3] He graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree.[2] From 1983 to 1984, he worked as a science laboratory technician at a school.[4] In 1984, he entered St John's College, Nottingham, an Open Evangelical Anglican theological college to study theology and train for ordination.[2] During this time, he completed a Licentiate of Theology (LTh) degree and a Diploma in Pastoral Studies (DPS).[1]
While undertaking parish ministry in the Diocese of Chichester, Cutting studied at Heythrop College, University of London.[1] He graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2003.[2] His master's thesis concerned Maori and Celtic spirituality.[4]
Ordained ministry
Cutting was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1987 and as a priest in 1988.[2] He served his curacy in the Diocese of Sheffield at All Saints Church, Woodlands from 1987 to 1988, and then at Wadsley Parish Church from 1989 to 1991.[2][4] From 1991 to 1996, he was Chaplain to The Nave and Uxbridge Town Centre, and an assistant curate in the Uxbridge Team Ministry in the Diocese of London.[2][4]
In 1996, Cutting moved to the Diocese of Chichester where he took up his first incumbency as Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Copthorne, West Sussex.[1][2] After 14 years, in 2010, he moved parishes and became Rector of the Benefice of St Peter's Church, Henfield with Shermanbury and Woodmancote, West Sussex.[2][4] In 2011, he was elected Pro-Prolocutor of the Province of Canterbury of the General Synod in addition to his parish ministry.[3][4]
In December 2012, he was announced as the next Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich in the Diocese of Southwark.[4] On 14 April 2013, he was instituted and installed as archdeacon during a service at Southwark Cathedral.[3][4] The Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich covers the area deaneries of Lewisham, East Lewisham, Charlton, Eltham and Mottingham, Plumstead, West Lewisham, and Deptford.[4] He has also been priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity with St Augustine, Sydenham since 2015.[1]
Views
Cutting is an Evangelical Anglican, and is a Member of the Church of England Evangelical Council.[5]
Personal life
In 1984, Cutting married Kay Elizabeth Greenhalgh.[1][3] Together they have two daughters.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "CUTTING, Alastair Murray". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Alastair Murray Cutting". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archdeacons' biographical notes". Diocese of Southwark. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "New Archdeacon for Lewisham and Greenwich" (PDF). Henfield. Diocese of Southwark. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "Members of the Church of England Evangelical Council". Church of England Evangelical Council. 1 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2017.