Guli Francis-Dehqani


Guli Francis-Dehqani
Bishop of Chelmsford
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Chelmsford
In office2021–present
Other post(s)Diocesan Adviser for Women's Ministry (2012–2017) and Curate Training Officer (2011–2017), Diocese of Peterborough
Bishop of Loughborough (2017–2021)
Orders
Ordination1998 (deacon)
by Tom Butler
1999 (priest)
by Wilfred Wood
Consecration30 November 2017
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born
Gulnar Eleanor Dehqani-Tafti

(1966-06-18) 18 June 1966 (age 58)
NationalityIranian-British
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsHassan Dehqani-Tafti & Margaret Thompson
SpouseLee né Francis
Childrenthree
Alma mater
Member of the House of Lords
(Lord Spiritual)
Assumed office
1 November 2021

Gulnar Eleanor "Guli" Francis-Dehqani (born 18 June 1966) is an Iranian-born British Anglican bishop who has been Bishop of Chelmsford since 2021. She served as the first Bishop of Loughborough, the suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Leicester from 2017 to 2021.


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