10 March 2025
Dean Shelley-Ann Tenia, leads 2025 Bishop’s Study Day
On Tuesday 4 March, clergy and licensed lay ministers from across Chelmsford Diocese gathered at Chelmsford Cathedral for the 2025 Bishop’s Study Day. The theme of this year’s gathering was ‘Faithful, creative, courageous and open to the unexpected and surprising’, one of our shared diocesan values, set out in Travelling Well Together.
This year’s Study Day was led by The Very Rev’d Dr Shelley-Ann Tenia, Dean and Rector of Holy Trinity Cathedral in our link Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago.
You can watch Dean Shelley-Ann’s address to the Study Day and an introduction from Bishop Guli in the video below.
Dean Shelley-Ann’s visit to Chelmsford Diocese
As well as leading the 2025 Bishop’s Study Day, Dean Shelley-Ann spent time with people from churches and schools across Essex and East London during her visit. Her itinerary included:
- Meetings with school children and staff at St Mary’s Prittlewell Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England Secondary School in Romford
- A meeting with school leaders and aspiring school leaders from the Leaders Like Us Programme and from across the Diocese of Chelmsford.
- A prayer walk with people from churches in the Barking Episcopal Area
- A meeting with members of the Chelmsford Diocesan Youth Synod at St Barnabas Walthamstow
- Joining the Deans of Chelmsford and Bristol at Chelmsford Cathedral for a public discussion about Contested Heritage
- A retreat at the Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey with Global Majority Heritage church leaders from Chelmsford Diocese
Photos from some of Dean Shelley-Ann’s visits can be viewed below.
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Dean Shelley-Ann meets with school leaders and aspiring school leaders from the Leaders Like Us Programme and across Chelmsford Diocese at St John's Stratford
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Pupils from St Edward’s Church of England Secondary School in Romford greet Dean Shelley-Ann with Trinidad and Tobago flags
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Dean Shelley-Ann and Head Teacher Mrs Lewis speak with pupils from St Mary’s Prittlewell Church of England Primary School
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Dean Shelley-Ann with pupils from St Mary’s Prittlewell Church of England Primary School
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Around 300 clergy and licensed lay ministers from Chelmsford Diocese heard Dean Shelley-Ann’s address at this year’s Bishop’s Study Day
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Dean Shelley-Ann joins the Dean of Chelmsford, the Very Rev’d Dr Jessica Martin and the Dean of Bristol, the Very Rev’d Dr Mandy Ford for a discussion about contested heritage
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Dean Shelley-Ann joined Global Majority Heritage church leaders from Chelmsford Diocese on a retreat at Pleshey.
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Dean Shelley-Ann met with members of the Diocesan Youth Synod at St Barnabas Walthamstow
