Jonathan Gibbs

Jonathan Robert Gibbs (born 6 May 1961) is a Church of England bishop. He is the current Bishop of Rochester, the diocesan bishop for the Diocese of Rochester. He served as the first Bishop of Huddersfield between 2014 and 2022.

Early life and education Born in 1961,

In 1984, Gibbs entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry. His doctoral thesis was titled "The challenge of transformation: towards a theology of work in the light of the thought of the Revd Dr Richard Niebuhr".

Ordained ministry Gibbs was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1989 then as a priest in 1990.

On 31 March 2022, it was announced that Gibbs would succeed James Langstaff as diocesan bishop for the see of Rochester. He took up the See on 24 May 2022 (at St Mary-le-Bow) upon the confirmation of his election and was afterwards installed as Bishop of Rochester during a service at Rochester Cathedral on 24 September 2022.

Views In 2023, following the news that the House of Bishops of the Church of England was to introduce proposals for blessing same-sex relationships, he signed an open letter, stating: many Christians in the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, together with Christians from across the churches of world Christianity, continue to believe that marriage is given by God for the union of a man and woman and that it cannot be extended to those who are of the same sex. [...] Without seeking to diminish the value of many committed same-sex relationships, for which there is much to give thanks, we find ourselves constrained by what we sincerely believe the Scriptures teach which cannot be set aside.

Personal life Gibbs married Toni Millsted in 1986.