LAY CHAPLAIN

Employer: The Office of the Bishop in Europe ASBL, Brussels

Job Title: Lay Chaplain & PA to the Suffragan Bishop

Location: Office of the Anglican Bishop, 47 rue Capitaine Crespel,

1050 Brussels

Responsible to: The Suffragan Bishop

Contract type: Full time, permanent

Hours: per week

Key Relationships: The Diocesan Bishop, the Suffragan Bishop, staff in the bishop’s office, staff at the Diocesan Office in London, the Archdeacons

Context and Purpose

Rationale

The new Suffragan Bishop for the Diocese in Europe was installed in early March 2025. The Chaplain/PA to the previous Suffragan Bishop, who was based in the Diocesan Office in London, retired in February 2024 leaving the role vacant. An Interim Lay Chaplain and PA to work in the Bishop’s office in Brussels was appointed while the new role was being discerned and finalised. The interim role will now be replaced by a permanent appointment.

The Bishop’s Office

The Bishop’s Office was set up in 2014 in Brussels as a charitable company (Office of the Bishop in Europe association sans but lucratif) with a Board of Directors chaired by the Bishop. The ASBL employs the staff. It is wholly funded by the Church Commissioners. The office premises themselves are in the commercial centre of Brussels. The premises are light and modern. The Suffragan Bishop lives some 10km from the Office in the suburb of Rhode St Genese.

The staff currently based in the Bishop’s Office are: the Bishop, the Suffragan Bishop, the

Bishop’s Chaplain, the Bishop’