Having trained for ordained ministry and studied theology at
Trinity College, Bristol, he was then
ordained in the
Church of England as a
deacon in 1989 and as a
priest in 1990. From 1989 to 1992, he served his
curacy at Christ Church, Orpington in the
Diocese of Rochester. He also served as Vice-Dean of Guernsey between 2013 and 2017. He is additionally the Rector of the
Parish Church of St Helier, and an ex officio a member of the
States of Jersey. ==Personal life==