{{Short description|Archdeacon of Colchester}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Ruth Janet Patten''' (b 1972) has been Archdeacon of Colchester since 2019.<ref>{{Crockford | forenames = Ruth Janet | surname = Patten | id = 26068 | accessed =22 January 2020 }} </ref>
Patten was educated at the Roehampton Institute. She was ordained after a period of study at Westcott House Cambridge. Her first post was a curacy in Witham. She was Priest in charge at Great Dunmow<ref name="dunmowbroadcast">{{cite web|url=https://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/news/dunmow-vicar-ruth-patten-becomes-archdeacon-1-5900761|author=Katherine Heslop|title=Dunmow vicar Ruth Patten becomes archdeacon | Great Dunmow & Stansted Airport News|website=Dunmow Broadcast|accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref> before her appointment as Archdeacon.<ref name="anglican">{{cite web|url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/new-archdeacon-of-colchester-appointed|title=New Archdeacon of Colchester appointed | Chelmsford Diocese|website=chelmsford.anglican.org|accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref>
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