Christine Hardman


Christine Hardman
Bishop of Newcastle
Official portrait, 2019
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Newcastle
In office22 September 2015  30 November 2021
PredecessorMartin Wharton
SuccessorHelen-Ann Hartley
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination1987 (deacon)
1994 (priest)
Consecration30 November 2015
by John Sentamu
Personal details
Born
Christine Elizabeth Atkins

(1951-08-27) 27 August 1951
DenominationAnglicanism
ResidenceBishop's House, Gosforth
Spouse
Roger
(m. 1971)
Children2
EducationQueen Elizabeth's School for Girls
Alma materUniversity of London
Westminster College, Oxford
Member of the House of Lords
(Lord Spiritual)
In office
26 January 2016  30 November 2021

Christine Elizabeth Hardman (née Atkins; born 27 August 1951) is a retired British Anglican bishop and former Lord Spiritual. She served as Archdeacon of Lewisham, 2001–2008; Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich, 2008–2012; and Bishop of Newcastle, 2015–2021.