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Guli Francis-Dehqani (Gulnar Eleanor Dehqani-Tafti) was born on 18 June, 1966 in Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Pahlavi Iran, is a Church of England bishop; Bishop of Chelmsford. Discover Guli Francis-Dehqani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As Gulnar Eleanor Dehqani-Tafti
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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 18 June, 1966
Birthday 18 June
Birthplace Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Pahlavi Iran
Nationality Iran

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Her husband is Lee né Francis

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Parents Hassan Dehqani-Tafti & Margaret Thompson
Husband Lee né Francis
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Children three

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1869

Her doctoral thesis was titled "Religious feminism in an age of empire: CMS women missionaries in Iran, 1869–1934".

1920

Her father Hassan Dehqani-Tafti (1920–2008) was the Anglican Bishop in Iran from 1961 until his retirement in 1990, serving also as President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, 1976–1986.

1935

Her mother Margaret was a daughter of William Thompson (Bishop in Iran, 1935–1960).

1966

Gulnar Eleanor "Guli" Francis-Dehqani (born 18 June 1966) is an Iranian-born British Anglican bishop who has been Bishop of Chelmsford since 2021.

Guli Dehqani-Tafti was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1966.

1979

In October 1979, after the Iranian Revolution, her parents were attacked in an assassination attempt which left her mother wounded, and her 24-year-old brother, Bahram, was murdered by Iranian government agents in May 1980.

When she was 14, her family was forced to leave the country in the wake of the Iranian Revolution; the family settled in Hampshire, where Hassan remained a bishop in exile.

She was educated at Clarendon School for Girls, a private boarding school in Bedfordshire at the time she attended.

1989

She went on to study music at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989.

1994

She studied theology at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1994 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1999.

1995

From 1995 to 1998, she trained for ordination at the South East Institute of Theological Education.

1998

Francis-Dehqani was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon at Michaelmas (27 September) 1998 by Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral.

From 1998 to 2002, she served her curacy at St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake with East Sheen in the Diocese of Southwark.

1999

She was ordained a priest the following Michaelmas (2 October 1999) by Wilfred Wood, Bishop of Croydon, at All Saints', Kingston-upon-Thames.

2002

Then, from 2002 to 2004, she was a chaplain to the Royal Academy of Music and to St Marylebone C of E School.

2004

In 2004, she stepped down from full-time ministry to raise her children.

From 2004 to 2011, she held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Peterborough.

2009

She also worked at the University of Northampton Multi-Faith Chaplaincy between 2009 and 2010 "helping the chaplaincy team develop a more effective multi-faith approach".

2011

In 2011, Francis-Dehqani returned to full-time ministry, having been appointed Curate Training Officer for the Diocese of Peterborough.

2012

She was additionally appointed the diocese's Adviser for Women's Ministry in 2012.

2013

2013–2017, she was a Member of the General Synod (she was later an elected suffragan member, 2019–2021, and ex officio as a diocesan, since 2021).

2016

She was made an honorary canon of Peterborough Cathedral in November 2016.

2017

She served as the first Bishop of Loughborough, the suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Leicester from 2017 to 2021.

On 11 July 2017, it was announced that Francis-Dehqani would become the first Bishop of Loughborough, the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Leicester.

In addition to her suffragan duties, she also had "a focus on supporting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) clergy, lay workers and congregations" within the diocese.

She was consecrated a bishop during a service at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 November 2017.

This made her the first BAME woman to be made a bishop in the Church of England.

2018

She is married to Lee Francis-Dehqani, a fellow Anglican priest and canon: at the time of her appointment as bishop he was serving as Team Rector of Oakham and Rural Dean of Rutland and in 2018 was appointed Team Rector of the Fosse Team in Leicester Diocese.

Together they have three children.

2020

It was announced on 17 December 2020 that Francis-Dehqani was to translate to Chelmsford in 2021, becoming the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Chelmsford (East London and Essex).

Her canonical election by the college of canons of Chelmsford Cathedral took place by teleconference on 26 January 2021; the confirmation of her election, by which she legally took her new see, was on 11 March 2021.

She joined the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual, under the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 on 1 November 2021.

In May 2023, she took part in the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla, one of three female bishops to do so.

In 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".