Meet Bishop Jill Duff
We are thrilled that Bishop Jill Duff will be the preacher at our St Patrick’s Day Festival Service in Down Cathedral on Saturday 16 March. With her scholarly and deeply spiritual insights into the lives of the saints, Bishop Jill is ideally placed to encourage us as we pray for a rekindling of faith in Ireland.
Meet Bishop Jill
The Rt Revd Dr Jill Duff is Bishop of Lancaster. Her brief includes the oversight of mission, evangelism and church planting in Lancashire. She speaks and teaches widely and has a recently published book Lighting the Beacons (SPCK).
Previously Bishop Jill was the Founding Director of St Mellitus College North West (2013–2018) the first full–time ordination course in the North West for over 40 years. She taught New Testament, mission, and church planting.
Prior to this Jill has served as an urban parish priest, school chaplain, pioneer minster church planting, and as Associate Fellow at Liverpool Hope University. She was ordained Deacon in 2003 and ordained priest in 2004. Prior to ordination, Jill worked in research and business management at Esso Petroleum. She has an MA in Theology and DPhil in Chemistry from Oxford University and MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
Jill is mum to two teenage boys and married to Canon Prof Jeremy Duff, Principal of St Padarn’s. In spare time with her family, she enjoys walking, wild camping and holidays in the fresh air with big vistas. Jill runs, journals and enjoys writing fun lyrics to well–known songs as the occasion demands.
The Festival Service begins at 11.45am and follows Holy Communion at Saul and the prayer Pilgrimage. Full details HERE