Who's who

Hugh Palmer was installed as Rector of All Souls Church in June 2005.  He became a Christian through the witness of a student friend while studying Law at Cambridge University.  Before training for the ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, he taught briefly at a comprehensive school in north London. 

Once ordained, Hugh spent nine years in Norfolk, first as a curate under Gordon Bridger at Holy Trinity, Norwich, later going on to become Bishop Maurice Wood's Chaplain for Mission and Training.  It was also during his time in Norfolk that he met and married his wife Clare.  They then spent ten years serving at St Helen's Bishopsgate in London where Hugh had responsibility for leading the staff team under Dick Lucas. 

In 1995, Hugh and Clare moved north to Sheffield where Hugh succeeded Philip Hacking as Vicar of Christ Church, Fulwood two years later.  During his ministry, Hugh has led a number of university and parish missions.  He recently became Chair of New Word Alive.

Hugh and Clare have three children; Anna, a teacher, and Lucy, a midwife, are both married while Mark is finishing his degree course at Durham.

Hobbies shared by the whole family include music and sport as well as reading books for relaxation "from biographies to thrillers".