Nicola Sullivan

Nicola Ann Sullivan (born 15 August 1958) is a British Church of England priest. She is the current dean of Southwell and previously Archdeacon of Wells

Early life and education Sullivan was born on 15 August 1958, and brought up in Suffolk. She qualified as a nurse in 1981 and a midwife in 1984, after which she worked both in the United Kingdom and, with Tearfund, in Swaziland and Ethiopia. She trained for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, Her clerical career began with a curacy at St Anne's Church in Earlham near Norwich. She was made Sub-Dean of Wells Cathedral in 2003.

In 2013, Sullivan was elected as one of eight senior women clergy, called "regional representatives", to attend meetings of the House of Bishops, one of the three chambers of the General Synod of the Church of England, the church's legislature. As regional representative for the south-west of England (comprising the dioceses of Truro, Salisbury, Bath & Wells, Gloucester, Bristol and Exeter), she attended meetings of the house in a speaking, but non-voting, capacity until such time as six women sit as full members of the house.

On 4 April 2016, it was announced that Sullivan was to become Dean of Southwell. She was installed during a service at Southwell Minster on 17 September 2016. She stepped down as dean in 2024, with a farewell service held at Southwell Cathedral on 29 September.