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Academic Staff > Revd Peter Phillips
Peter was ordained in the Church in Wales and is currently a priest in the Anglican
Diocese of Bristol. He came to Wesley College as a MA student and stayed on to
become Chaplain. His first degree is in English, which he subsequently taught,
mainly in Yorkshire. After fourteen years as Deputy Head of an inner city
comprehensive school in South Wales he entered full time ministry as a chaplain in
the Prison Service. He worked extensively with prisoners who were serving long
sentences and trained new chaplains in working with sex offenders. He assisted in
the establishment of a chaplaincy service for prisons in Armenia and has been a
locum priest in the Diocese of Virginia. Most recently he covered a long vacancy
in the Parish of Whitchurch in south Bristol. He is married to Judith, also an
Anglican priest, who is the coordinating chaplain at a women's prison. They are
both enthusiastic choral singers.
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