| Type: | bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Jane Mainwaring | |
| Bishop of Hertford | |
| Church: | Church of England |
| Diocese: | Diocese of St Albans |
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| Term: | 2023 present |
| Other Post: | Archdeacon of St Albans |
| Ordination: | 2000 (deacon) 2001 (priest) |
| Consecration: | 2 February 2023 |
| Consecrated By: | Justin Welby |
| Birth Name: | Jane Frances Mainwaring |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglicanism |
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Jane Frances Mainwaring (born 1970) is a British Anglican bishop, who has served as Bishop of Hertford, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of St Albans, since February 2023. She had previously been Archdeacon of St Albans from March 2020 to 2023.[1]
Mainwaring was born in 1970. She studied theology and religious studies at Leeds University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992.[2] She later studied at Trinity College, Carmarthen, graduating with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1997 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1999. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Quality and diversity in Anglican primary schools: a study of denominational inspection".[3] From 1998 to 2000, she also trained for ordination on the East Anglian Ministerial Training Course.
She was ordained deacon in 2000 and priest in 2001.[4] After a curacy in Sudbury, Suffolk she was the incumbent at Hitchin until her appointment as archdeacon.[5]
In November 2022, it was announced that Mainwaring would be the next Bishop of Hertford, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of St Albans.[6] She was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 2023 (the Feast of Candlemas) by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral.[7]