Guli Francis-Dehqani


Guli Francis-Dehqani
Bishop of Chelmsford
Francis-Dehqani in 2024
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Chelmsford
In office2021–present
Previous postsBishop of Loughborough (2017–2021)
Diocesan Adviser for Women's Ministry (2012–2017) and Curate Training Officer (2011–2017), Diocese of Peterborough
Orders
Ordination1998 (deacon)
by Tom Butler
1999 (priest)
by Wilfred Wood
Consecration30 November 2017
by Justin Welby
Personal details
BornGulnar Eleanor Dehqani-Tafti
(1966-06-18) 18 June 1966
NationalityIranian-British
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsHassan Dehqani-Tafti & Margaret Thompson
SpouseLee Francis-Dehqani (né Francis)
Children3
Alma mater
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
1 November 2021

Gulnar Eleanor "Guli" Francis-Dehqani (born 18 June 1966) is an Iranian-born British Anglican bishop. She became Bishop of Chelmsford in 2021. She served as the first Bishop of Loughborough, the suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Leicester, from 2017 to 2021.