Andrew Watson

Who is Andrew Watson?

Andrew John Watson is the Bishop of Aston.

Watson was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1987 after theological studies at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. His first positions were curacies at St Peter's Ipsley in the Diocese of Worcester and Ss John and Peter's Notting Hill in the Diocese of London, after which he was Vicar of St Stephen's East Twickenham, from which three new churches were planted. He was also the Area Dean of Hampton from 2003 until becoming a bishop.

Watson is married to Beverly, herself ordained in St Paul's Cathedral. They have four children: Hannah, Samuel, Joseph and Lydia. He is the author of The Fourfold Leadership of Jesus, Confidence in the Living God, and The Way of the Desert. He regularly speaks on the themes of Church Growth and Renewal in the UK, Norway and Sweden. He is on the board of the Queens Foundation, Birmingham and the Archbishops' College of Evangelists and chairs the CPAS Trustees and the Panel for World Mission and the Anglican Communion.