# Ruth Patten

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{{Short description|Archdeacon of Colchester}}
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'''Ruth Janet Patten''' (b 1972) has been [Archdeacon of Colchester](/source/Archdeacon_of_Colchester) since 2019.<ref>{{Crockford
| forenames = Ruth Janet
| surname = Patten
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| accessed =22 January 2020
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Patten was educated at  the [Roehampton Institute](/source/University_of_Roehampton). She was [ordained](/source/ordained) after a period of study at [Westcott House Cambridge](/source/Westcott_House_Cambridge). Her first post was a [curacy](/source/Curate) in [Witham](/source/Witham). She was [Priest in charge](/source/Priest_in_charge) at [Great Dunmow](/source/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 &#124; Great Dunmow & Stansted Airport News|website=Dunmow Broadcast|accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref>  before her appointment as [Archdeacon](/source/Archdeacon_of_Colchester).<ref name="anglican">{{cite web|url=https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/news/article/new-archdeacon-of-colchester-appointed|title=New Archdeacon of Colchester appointed &#124; Chelmsford Diocese|website=chelmsford.anglican.org|accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref>

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Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Alumni of the University of Roehampton
Category:21st-century English Anglican priests
Category:Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge
Category:Archdeacons of Colchester

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