Debbie Sellin


Deborah Mary Sellin is a British Anglican bishop serving as Bishop of Southampton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester.
Sellin was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon at Petertide 2007 and ordained a priest the Petertide following — both times by Christopher Hill, Bishop of Guildford, at Guildford Cathedral; and served all her parish ministry in the Diocese of Guildford. She was a Non-Stipendiary Minister at St Saviour, Guildford from 2007 to 2010; Vicar of Wonersh from 2010 to 2019; and Area Dean of Cranleigh from 2015 to 2019. In 2018 she was made an Honorary Canon of Guildford Cathedral.
In April 2019, it was announced that she would be the next Bishop of Southampton; she legally took up her role on 3 July 2019, the day of her consecration,
by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.