Angela Tilby

Who is Angela Tilby?

Angela Tilby is an author and Anglican priest, who is now Diocesan Canon at Christ Church, Oxford.

Before ordination Tilby spent 22 years as a producer within the BBC's Religious Department. She has made regular appearances on television and radio, including "Thought for the Day" on BBC Radio Four. She has also appeared on The Brains Trust, when the programme was presented by Joan Bakewell. In February 2013, Tilby began writing a regular column for the Church Times.

Until 2011 she was the vicar of St Bene't's Church in Cambridge; prior to this she served as honorary priest of St John the Evangelist church, Cambridge from 1997–2006.

At a service at St Paul's recognizing 10 years of women in the priesthood, Tilby's sermon stated that "Women priests have not unhinged the church." Anthony Howard in an opinion piece in The Times stated that the sermon showed that Tilby "is the equal of, if not the superior to, most men currently sitting on the episcopal bench."

Tilby is currently a tutor in Early Church History at Westcott House, Cambridge, having previously served as vice-principal.