Emma Ineson

Emma Gwynneth Ineson (born 1969) is a British Anglican bishop and academic, specialising in practical theology. Since 2023, she has served as Bishop of Kensington, the area bishop for West London. From 2014 to 2019, she was Principal of Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college; from 2019 to 2021, she was Bishop of Penrith, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle; and from 2021 to 2023, she served as "Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York", i.e. assistant bishop on the staffs of both archbishops.

Early life and education Ineson was born in 1969 in Birmingham, England. She was brought up in Kenya and South Wales. graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992 and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1993. and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1998. While studying for her doctorate, she entered Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college to train for ordained ministry. and ordained a priest the following Petertide (4 July 2001; with her husband alone) at their title church — both times they were ordained by Jack Nicholls, Bishop of Sheffield. From 2000 to 2003, she undertook her curacy at Christ Church, Dore in the Diocese of Sheffield: In April 2014, she once more returned to Trinity College, Bristol having been appointed its principal in succession to George Iype Kovoor.

Episcopal ministry On 9 May 2018, it was announced that Ineson would be the next Bishop of Penrith, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle, in succession to Robert Freeman. On 27 February 2019, she was consecrated as a bishop by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, during a service at York Minster. Since July 2019, she has also served as Central Chaplain of the Mothers' Union. Since 2022, she was also an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Southwark.

On 15 December 2022, it was announced that she would be the next Bishop of Kensington, an area bishop in the Diocese of London. She was translated to the See of Kensington upon swearing the oaths at a service on 19 February 2023; and became area bishop for West London in the same service.

Ineson has been described as an evangelical with "traditional views on human sexuality".

Following the appointment of Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury in October 2025, it was announced that Ineson would become acting Bishop of London and area bishop for the Two Cites, in addition to her substantive appointment as Bishop of Kensington.

Personal life Ineson is married to Mat Ineson, They had met while studying at the University of Birmingham, and went together to Trinity College, Bristol to train for ordained ministry. She was one of 33 honorary chaplains who are part of the Ecclesiastical Household and occasionally preach at the Chapel Royal.