Nicola Jane "Nikki" Groarke (born 2 June 1962) is a British

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priest. Since 2014, she has served as the

Archdeacon of Dudley The Archdeacon of Dudley is one of two archdeacons in the Anglican Diocese of Worcester, England (the other being the Archdeacon of Worcester). History The archdeaconry of Dudley was created by Order in Council on 11 February 1921 from the Worcest ...

Ordained ministry

She trained for ministry at

Ridley Hall, Cambridge Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and member ...

, and was ordained in 2000. She was a curate at

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, South London and had been Vicar of St Stephen's Canonbury for five years. Groarke was licensed as the

at the beginning of January 2014 and was installed as a

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Worcester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified ...

at around the same time.Diocese of Worcester Press release 29/09/2013 ''London Vicar to be new Archdeacon of Dudley'' Accessed 2.12.14

References

Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge Archdeacons of Dudley Living people 1962 births {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub