Kelly Betteridge

Kelly Anne Betteridge (born 1969) is a British Anglican bishop, currently served as the Bishop of Basingstoke, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester. Previously, she was the Archdeacon of Bodmin in the Diocese of Truro, having held that position from May 2021^[1][2] until October 2025.

Biography

Betteridge studied education and theology at the Roehampton Institute, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992.^[2][3] She was a youth and children's worker, and then worked for the Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS), an evangelical Anglican mission agency.^[3]

Having trained for ordination at Queen's College, Birmingham, she was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2010 and as a priest in 2011.^[2] She served her curacy at St Nicolas Church, Nuneaton in the Diocese of Coventry from 2010 to 2014.^[2] She was then vicar of the same church and priest-in-charge of Weddington and Caldecote.^[3][4] After being announced as the next Archdeacon of Bodmin in the Diocese of Truro in January 2021,^[5] she was licensed as archdeacon during a service at St Petroc's Church, Bodmin on 23 May 2021.^[1] She is additionally serving as director of intergenerational church for the Diocese.^[5]

She was consecrated into bishop's orders on 15 October 2025; on that day, she became Bishop of Basingstoke.^[6] The service was held at Southwark Cathedral and the principal consecrator was Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London.^[7]