# Andrew Proud

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{{Short description|British Anglican bishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific_prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend)
| name = Andrew Proud
| title = area [Bishop of Reading](/source/Bishop_of_Reading)
| church = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England)
| diocese = [Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford)
| term = 2011–2019
| predecessor = [Stephen Cottrell](/source/Stephen_Cottrell)
| successor = [Olivia Graham](/source/Olivia_Graham)
| other_post = {{nowrap|area Bishop}} of the {{nowrap|[Horn of Africa](/source/Horn_of_Africa)}} {{nowrap|(2007–2011)}}
<!---------- Orders ---------->
| ordination = {{nowrap|{{nowrap|1980}} (deacon);}} {{nowrap|{{nowrap|1981}} (priest)}}<ref name="ww" />
| ordained_by = {{nowrap|{{nowrap|[John Trillo](/source/John_Trillo)}} (deacon);}} {{nowrap|{{nowrap|[Roderic Coote](/source/Roderic_Coote)}} (priest)}}
| consecration = {{nowrap|late April}} 2007<ref name="ct">{{Church Times | title = News in brief | archive = 2007_04_27_008 | issue = 7520 | date = 27 April 2007 | page = 8 | accessed = 14 November 2015 }}</ref>
| consecrated_by = ''see below''
<!---------- Personal details ---------->
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|03|27|df=y}}
| residence = [Tidmarsh](/source/Tidmarsh), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire)
| denomination = [Anglican](/source/Anglican)
| spouse = {{marriage||1977}}
| children = 2<ref name="no10">[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2011/01/suffragan-see-of-reading-58812 Number 10 — Suffragan See of Reading]</ref>
| alma_mater = [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London)<br />[School of Oriental and African Studies](/source/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies)
}}
'''Andrew John Proud''' (born 27 March 1954) is a retired British [Anglican](/source/Anglican) bishop. He was [area](/source/Area_bishop) [Bishop of Reading](/source/Bishop_of_Reading) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) ([Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford)) and previously the [area bishop](/source/area_bishop) for the [Horn of Africa](/source/Horn_of_Africa) in the [Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East](/source/Episcopal_Church_in_Jerusalem_and_the_Middle_East) ([Diocese of Egypt](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Egypt)).

==Early life and education==
Proud was born on 27 March 1954. He graduated from [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London)'s Theological Department in 1979 with a [Bachelor of Divinity](/source/Bachelor_of_Divinity) (BD) degree and an [Associateship of King's College](/source/Associateship_of_King's_College) (AKC), then trained for ministry at [Lincoln Theological College](/source/Lincoln_Theological_College) for a year. Proud undertook a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) (MA) degree at the [School of Oriental and African Studies](/source/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies), [London](/source/London), from 2001 to 2002.<ref name="ww">{{Who's Who | title=Proud, Andrew John | id = U246060 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date = 3 August 2017 }}</ref>

==Ordained ministry==
Proud was made a [deacon](/source/deacon) at [Petertide](/source/Petertide) 1980 (29 June) by [John Trillo](/source/John_Trillo), [Bishop of Chelmsford](/source/Bishop_of_Chelmsford), at [Chelmsford Cathedral](/source/Chelmsford_Cathedral),<ref>{{Church Times | title = Petertide ordinations | archive = 1980_07_04_005 | issue = 6125 | date = 4 July 1980 | page = 5 | accessed = 4 August 2017 }}</ref> and began his ministry with a three-year [curacy](/source/Curate) at [St Mary's, Stansted Mountfitchet](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin's_Church%2C_Stansted_Mountfitchet), [Essex](/source/Essex). At Petertide 1981 (28 June) he was [ordained](/source/ordained) a [priest](/source/priest) by [Roderic Coote](/source/Roderic_Coote), [Bishop of Colchester](/source/Bishop_of_Colchester), at St Andrew's, [Halstead](/source/Halstead).<ref>{{Church Times | title = Petertide ordinations | archive = 1981_07_03_016 | issue = 6177 | date = 3 July 1981 | page = 16 | accessed = 4 August 2017 }}</ref> In 1983, he became Team Vicar of [Borehamwood](/source/Borehamwood), [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), until 1990, when he moved to [Bishop's Hatfield](/source/Bishop's_Hatfield), where he was an assistant priest in the team ministry until 1992. From that point until 2001, he was rector at [St Mary's](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin%2C_East_Barnet), [East Barnet](/source/East_Barnet), [Greater London](/source/Greater_London), before he returned to university for postgraduate study.<ref>{{Crockford | forenames = Andrew John | surname = Proud | id = 31509 | accessed = 3 August 2017 }}</ref>

Proud relocated to [Addis Ababa](/source/Addis_Ababa), [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), to be chaplain at St Matthew's Church in 2002. While there, he was made an assistant to the bishop for the Horn of Africa area in 2004 and a canon of [All Saints' Cathedral](/source/All_Saints'_Cathedral%2C_Cairo), [Cairo](/source/Cairo), in 2005.<ref name="ww" />

===Episcopal ministry===
Between 2007 and 2011, he was the [area bishop](/source/area_bishop) for a new [episcopal area](/source/Episcopal_area_(Anglicanism)) (called the [Horn of Africa](/source/Horn_of_Africa), consisting of [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), [Eritrea](/source/Eritrea), [Djibouti](/source/Djibouti), [Somaliland](/source/Somaliland) and [Somalia](/source/Somalia))<ref name="ct" /> in the [Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East](/source/Episcopal_Church_in_Jerusalem_and_the_Middle_East) Diocese of Egypt<ref name="no10" /> (based in Addis Ababa). He was ordained and consecrated a bishop for that see in late April 2007,<ref name="ct" /> at St Matthew's Addis Ababa, by three [president bishops](/source/President_Bishop_of_the_Episcopal_Church_in_Jerusalem_and_the_Middle_East) of the church: [Ghais Malik](/source/Ghais_Malik), retired Bishop of Egypt; [Clive Handford](/source/Clive_Handford), retiring [Bishop in Cyprus](/source/Bishop_in_Cyprus); and [Mouneer Anis](/source/Mouneer_Anis), Bishop of Egypt and President Bishop-elect.<ref>[http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2007/04/a-new-area-bishop-for-the-horn-of-africa.aspx Anglican Communion News Service — A New Area Bishop for the Horn of Africa] (Accessed 4 August 2017)</ref>

On 17 January 2011, the [British Government](/source/HM_Government) announced Proud's appointment as the [Bishop of Reading](/source/Bishop_of_Reading), one of three [suffragan](/source/suffragan_bishop)/[area bishop](/source/area_bishop)s in the [Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford).<ref name="no10" /> He was installed at [Reading Minster](/source/Reading_Minster) on 16 April 2011.<ref name="oxon">[http://www.oxford.anglican.org/the-door/news/new-bishop-of-reading-announced.html Diocese of Oxford — New Bishop of Reading Announced] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927065729/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/the-door/news/new-bishop-of-reading-announced.html |date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> As Bishop of Reading, his official residence was in [Tidmarsh](/source/Tidmarsh), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire).<ref name="ww" />

Proud retired on 1 May 2019.<ref>[https://www.oxford.anglican.org/bishop-of-reading-to-retire-in-2019/ Diocese of Oxford — Bishop of Reading to retire in 2019] (Accessed 6 September 2018)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxford.anglican.org/hundreds-flock-to-bishop-andrews-farewell-service/ |title=Hundreds flock to Bishop Andrew's farewell service |website=www.oxford.anglican.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503193417/https://www.oxford.anglican.org/hundreds-flock-to-bishop-andrews-farewell-service/ |archive-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> In retirement, he has been licensed an [honorary assistant bishop](/source/honorary_assistant_bishop) in the [Diocese of Peterborough](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough) since 2019.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Gazette: appointments | archive = 2019_11_08_032 | issue = 8173 | date = 8 November 2019 | page = 32 | accessed = 30 July 2021 }}</ref>

==Views==
Proud has described his theological views as "conservative" and "fairly traditional". He believes marriage is between a man and woman and is for the purpose of procreation. He supports the [ordination of women](/source/Ordination_of_women_in_the_Anglican_Communion) as priests and bishops.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Bishop of Reading Andrew Proud reveals beliefs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13094708|website=BBC News|accessdate=2 February 2016|date=17 April 2011}}</ref>

==Styles==
*''[The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend)'' Andrew Proud (1980–2005)
*''The Reverend'' [Canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) Andrew Proud (2005–2007)
*''[The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend)'' Andrew Proud (2007–present)

==References==
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