Andy Bowerman
Andy Bowerman is a British Anglican priest. Since 2022, he has served as Dean of Bradford.
Life and career
Bowerman was born in July 1967. In the mid-1990s he lived with his wife Ali in Pakistan supporting refugees and those vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, while also supporting house churches. On his return to the United Kingdom, he worked for a national disability charity.He was ordained in Bradford Cathedral in 2002 after serving as a curate at St Augustine's, Undercliffe, and also served as a mission priest in the city. He served as the chaplain to Bradford City F.C. between 2004 and 2009, and ran the Vicar's Café Bistro in Saltaire. He then became team rector of Wareham in Dorset, and subsequently served as executive director of the Anglican Alliance, while also ministering to parishes in Somerset. He also served for eleven seasons as chaplain to Southampton F.C. In 2018, he took up a position in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, as a licensed priest of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and as the South Asia Regional Director of the Mission to Seafarers.
After being appointed Dean of Bradford, he was installed as Dean on 19 June 2022.