Jenny Tomlinson

Jennifer Clare Tomlinson has been Archdeacon of Birmingham, England, since 2019.

Early life

Tomlinson was educated at Humphrey Perkins School up to the age of 16 and took her A levels at Rawlins Academy in Quorn, Leicestershire. She attended St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn.
She studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Church

She was ordained after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Her first posts were curacies in Godalming. She was a hospital chaplain at Thurrock from 1998 to 2009; and Bishop's Adviser on Women's Ministry from 2008 until her appointment as Archdeacon.

Personal life

She married in 1993, and has two daughters.