She trained for ministry at the
South East Institute of Theological Education. Before ordination in the
Church of England, she was a research sociologist and academic, specialising in
international development and ethno-cultural mental health. Mallett was
ordained in the
Church of England as a
deacon in 2004 and as a
priest in 2005. She was
priest-in-charge and then
Vicar of
St John the Evangelist, Angell Town, from 2007 to 2020; and
Archdeacon of Croydon from 2020 to 2022.
Episcopal ministry On 3 May 2022, it was announced that Mallett had been appointed as the next
Bishop of Croydon, succeeding the Rt Revd
Jonathan Clark on his retirement. As such, she is a deputy chair of the Racial Justice Board, a committee of the
Archbishops' Council.
Views In November 2023, she was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the
Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy". ==References==