Eleanor Sanderson

Eleanor Ruth Sanderson (née Grourk; born 1977) is an English Anglican bishop who has served as Bishop of Hull, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of York, since 2022. She previously served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Wellington within the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. She became the first woman bishop in the Wellington diocese when she was consecrated on 2 June 2017. At the time, she was the fourth woman to be elevated to the position of bishop in the New Zealand Anglican church. She is the daughter of Terry Grourk. She attended Bristol University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geography. and a PhD in 2007. She also holds a Master in Theology degree, and was a fellow of public theology at Virginia Theological Seminary. She was vicar of St Alban's Anglican Church in Eastbourne, New Zealand, and was chaplain at Wellesley College, a boys preparatory school which is affiliated with the Anglican Church. At Victoria University, she was a teaching associate for the School of Religious Studies. Her nomination as bishop was later ratified by the General Synod and the House of Bishops. Sanderson was consecrated at the Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington on 2 June 2017, at a service led by Anglican archbishops Winston Halapua and Philip Richardson. The province first ordained women in 1977.

On 29 June 2022 she was announced as the next Bishop of Hull in the Diocese of York of the Church of England. She was officially welcomed into the diocese and commissioned as Bishop of Hull (i.e. translated) during a service at Hull Minster on 22 September 2022.

Personal life Sanderson is married and has two children.