The Rt Rev Dr John Charles Broadhurst
The Bishop of Fulham

John Broadhurst has served as a Priest, Area Dean and Bishop in the Diocese of London.  He was the youngest elected member of the General Synod in 1972 and continued until 1996.  He was pro-Prolocutor, a member of the Standing Committee and the Policy Committee.  Active in ecumenism he represented the Church of England on the WCC and Conference of European Churches.  He was also the priest delegate to the Anglican Consultative Council.  

Educated at Owens School, Islington, he then trained at Kings College London and St. Boniface College, Warminster.

He married Judi in 1965 and they have four grown up children; Jane, Mark, Sarah & Benedict.  Ordained deacon in 1966 and priested in 1967.
He served all his ministry in North London, at St. Michael at Bowes, then St. Augustine's  Wembley Park and finally at St. Michaels Wood Green Team Ministry and was Area Dean in both the Willesden and Edmonton Areas.  He was consecrated Bishop in St. Paul's Cathedral on 24 September 1996.  

Within the Diocese has been involved in the DAC and sits on the London Finance Committee and Property Group.

Nationally, he is Chairman of Forward in Faith.  He is also Vice-Chairman of the Church Union.

Bishop John has a keen interest in family history, gardening and travelling. He was once a keen beekeeper and fisherman.