After his licensing, Revd. Alex said, “I want the church to be a place of welcome for everybody, especially for people who feel like they don’t belong. Just like the church welcomed me when I felt like I didn’t fit in.”

Born in Newcastle, Alex moved to the local area in 2013 when he came to live here to study at the Bible College in Mattersey. Having become a Christian as a teenager, he felt a call to ministry and started his studies at 19. At college, he met his wife, Catherine, who he married in 2016.

Alex then took part in the first year of our Younger Leadership College programme and spent a year working with the River Idle Benefice churches. He recently finished his curacy at Christ Church, Worksop, and St. Luke's Church, Shireoaks.

As one of the diocese’s youngest vicars at 27, he wants to see the Church working with the local community and reach out to those on the margins of society. Both he and Catherine are passionate about theological study and want to see God's people understanding and studying Scripture.

They regularly visit family in Scarborough and Newcastle and enjoy walks with their dogs, Charlie the miniature Dachshund and Doug the Pug. As Alex starts his new role, they’re both excited to be joining in with the ongoing work of God in Ordsall and West Retford.

Pictured: Bishop Andy, Revd. Alex, and Archdeacon Tors.