Joanne Grenfell


Joanne Grenfell
Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
DioceseDiocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
In office2025 to present
PredecessorMartin Seeley
Other postLead bishop for safeguarding (2023–present)
Previous postsArchdeacon of Portsdown (2013–2019)
Bishop of Stepney (2019–2025)
Orders
Ordination2000 (deacon)
2001 (priest)
Consecration3 July 2019
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born (1972-05-27) 27 May 1972
DenominationAnglicanism
Spouse
James
(m. 1998)
Children3
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
University of British Columbia
Westcott House, Cambridge
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
5 February 2026

Joanne Woolway Grenfell (born 27 May 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2025, she has served as Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in the Church of England; she had previously been Bishop of Stepney, an area bishop in the Diocese of London.