The Venerable Jennifer McKenzie |
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Archdeacon of Wigan and West Lancashire | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Liverpool |
In office | November 2015 to present |
Predecessor | New post |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2004 (deacon) 2005 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 53–54) |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Ken |
Children | Three |
Alma mater |
Auburn University Virginia Theological Seminary |
Jennifer Gaines McKenzie (born 1963) is an American Anglican priest. Since 2015, she has served as the Archdeacon of Wigan and West Lancashire in the Diocese of Liverpool, Church of England. She had previously been a priest in the Diocese of Washington and the Diocese of Virginia in the Episcopal Church (United States).
McKenzie was born in 1963. She studied at Auburn University in Alabama, United States, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1988. She studied and trained for Holy Orders at Virginia Theological Seminary, an Episcopal seminary, graduating with a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree in 2004.
McKenzie was ordained in the Episcopal Church as a deacon in 2004 and as a priest in 2005. From 2004 to 2007, she served her curacy at St David's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.. She was then curate of Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia from 2007 to 2009, and of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Burke, Virginia from 2011 to 2012. Then, from 2012 to 2015 (or 2013), she was priest-in-charge of Epiphany Episcopal Church in Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia.