In Conversation with Bishop Moira Astin, The Bishop of Crediton
9 November 2025 | 6:30pm (refreshments served from 6pm) | The Chapter House
Join us for an interesting conversation with The Bishop of Crediton, followed by a short service of compline.
Moira was born in 1965 and grew up in Staines in Surrey. She went to Clare College, Cambridge, where she studied Natural Sciences specialising in Geology. After some years working in computing, she went to Wycliffe Hall, Oxford to train for ordained ministry.
Her curacy at Newbury in West Berkshire, in Oxford Diocese, was followed by five years as Team Vicar in nearby Thatcham. She then became Vicar of St James in Woodley near Reading, before moving to North Lincolnshire where she served as Vicar of Frodingham and New Brumby, in the heart of Scunthorpe, and as Area Dean of North Lincolnshire. Most recently, Moira served as the Archdeacon of Reigate in Southwark Diocese, a role she held for nine years.
The Bishop of Crediton serves the whole of Devon, but has a particular care for North Devon, Mid Devon and East Devon. Moira brings decades of practical experience of ministry in various roles as well as being a theologian, published author and natural teacher.
She teaches church history and doctrine and has recently published The Missing Ending: Rediscovering the Joy of the Ascension and From Nazareth to Northumbria, how Christianity came to Britain and stayed.
Moira is married to Timothy, and they have one son, Edmund (Ed). She enjoys birdwatching, geology and is researching the history of the Church in England between 400AD and 600AD.