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The Reverend Canon Alan Gyle

Vicar

The Reverend Canon Alan Gyle

Vicar

Alan Gyle is the twelfth vicar of St Paul’s Knightsbridge. A Scotsman by birth, he studied music in Scotland, later reading theology at Oxford. He was ordained in St Paul’s Cathedral in London and before coming to Knightsbridge served variously in Acton Green as a curate, at St George’s Chapel Windsor as a Minor Canon, and at Imperial College and the Royal College of Art as Chaplain. He is a Priest Vicar of Westminster Abbey, an FRSA and an experienced coach and organisational consultant.

The Reverend Rosie Richardson

Associate Vicar

The Reverend Rosie Richardson

Associate Vicar

Rosie Richardson is Associate Vicar of St Paul’s Knightsbridge. A life-long Londoner, Rosie joined the team in July 2023 having completed her curacy at Holy Trinity, Northwood. Rosie is also involved in the discernment of vocations as Assistant Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of London, and serves at St Paul’s Cathedral, where she is part of the Duty Minister team and regularly sings Evensong. Before training for ordained ministry Rosie worked as a professional musician, having studied as a solo pianist and accompanist at Guildhall School of Music and Drama from where she holds a master’s degree. Rosie continues to work as a musician alongside her parish work, maintaining her connection with Guildhall as faculty pianist.

The Reverend James Chegwidden

Associate Priest

The Reverend James Chegwidden

Associate Priest

James Chegwidden is Associate Priest at St Paul’s. He grew up in Australia and initially studied law in Sydney and Oxford, after which he was called to the Bar in London in 2008. James later read theology at Oxford, and was ordained in 2021 after completing masters studies in Philosophical Theology. James has previously served at Magdalen College, Oxford as Assistant Chaplain and at St Cuthbert’s Philbeach Gardens, London, as Curate, and he continues to serve as Duty Minister at St Paul’s Cathedral. James maintains a practice at the Bar in employment and equalities law alongside his work in parish. He has a particular focus on adult theological formation and catechesis.

The Right Reverend Michael Colclough

Bishop-in-Residence

The Right Reverend Michael Colclough

Bishop-in-Residence

Bishop Michael was born in Staffordshire and ordained in Lichfield. Most of Bishop Michael’s ministry has been in London where he has held, with distinction, a number of key roles as Archdeacon, Area Bishop and Canon Pastor of St Paul’s Cathedral. Now in very active retirement, he brings energy and great wisdom to the team and to the parish as a weekday and Sunday celebrant and as an engaging preacher and teacher.

The Reverend Dr Ellen Clark-King

Honorary Associate Priest

The Reverend Dr Ellen Clark-King

Honorary Associate Priest

Ellen Clark-King is an Honorary Associate Priest at St Paul’s Knightsbridge, and is Dean of King’s College London. Ellen has degrees in History (University of Cambridge) and Christian Spirituality (University of London), and specialised in Practical Theology and Feminist Spirituality for her PhD (Lancaster University) with a thesis on Feminist Theology interrogated by the voices of white working class women. Ellen trained for the Anglican priesthood in Oxford; following her ordination in 1992 and a curacy in the Diocese of Hereford, she was Chaplain and Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1995-2000). Ellen then spent time in parish, cathedral, and higher education settings in the UK, Canada, and the USA.

The Very Reverend Dr Victor Stock

Honorary Associate Priest

The Very Reverend Dr Victor Stock

Honorary Associate Priest

Victor Stock trained at King’s College London and served in a number of London parishes before becoming for many years the Rector of St Mary-le-Bow in the City of London. He was an ebullient and popular figure, establishing the ‘disputation’ series on account of the church’s two pulpits – where well-known figures would engage in conversation across their differences. He then became Dean of Guildford, from which post he retired in 2012. He is an occasional broadcaster (BBC Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage), a Priest Vicar of Westminster Abbey and an FRSA.

The Reverend Dr Gillian Straine

Honorary Associate Priest

The Reverend Dr Gillian Straine

Honorary Associate Priest

Gillian is CEO of GoHealth and Honorary Associate Priest at St Paul’s Knightsbridge. She is passionately committed to health, healing and Christian living. She is a cancer survivor, Anglican priest, theologian and scientist with a strong interest in communication and teaching. She has a doctorate in Physics from Imperial College London and an MA in Theology from the University of Oxford. She is particularly keen to bring the study of science into conversations about Christian healing. She is the author of Introducing Science and Religion: A path through polemic (SPCK, 2014), The Limits of Science? (CSP, 2017) and Cancer: A Pilgrim Companion (SPCK, 2017).

Roland Brunner

Licensed Lay Minister

Roland Brunner

Licensed Lay Minister

Churchwardens

Dr. Gregory Walker

Churchwarden

Dr. Gregory Walker

Churchwarden

Mark Arena

Churchwarden

Mark Arena

Churchwarden

Music Department

Dr Joseph Fort

Director of Music

Dr Joseph Fort

Director of Music

Jeremy Cole

Assistant Director of Music and Organist

Jeremy Cole

Assistant Director of Music and Organist

Jeremy returned ‘home’ to the role of Assistant Director of St Paul’s, Knightsbridge in 2024, having previously held the post from 2013 and 2015. From 2017 to 2022 he served as Assistant Organist, and subsequently Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, where he also conducted the Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society, and taught the organ specialists at Wells Cathedral School. He has held posts at the Temple Church, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Hereford Cathedral. Jeremy read music at Cambridge, where he was Organ Scholar at Trinity College, studying the organ with Colin Walsh, Stephen Farr, and David Briggs, and conducting with Stephen Layton. When not at the console, he works at a law firm in the City.

Theo Geilesky

Organ Scholar

Theo Geilesky

Organ Scholar

Operations

Phil Davies

Head of Programmes and Operations

Phil Davies

Head of Programmes and Operations

Adam Modzelewski

Operations Manager

Adam Modzelewski

Operations Manager

Tom Bialecki

Events and Relationships Manager

Tom Bialecki

Events and Relationships Manager

Tom manages our extensive events diary and relationships at St Paul’s Church Knightsbridge, coordinating the calendar and logistics. Since joining in May 2024, Tom enjoys helping bring the community together through welcoming and meaningful events.

Felicity Rice

Personal Assistant

Felicity Rice

Personal Assistant

Communications

Shaun O'Brien

Communications Manager

Shaun O'Brien

Communications Manager

Charity number: 1134857

Contact

020 7201 9999
info@spkb.org

Address

St Paul’s Knightsbridge
32a Wilton Place
London SW1X 8SH

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