Pete Owen-Jones

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Peter Owen-Jones
Born	1957 in South London, England
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1993
Congregations served	Firle, Sussex
Offices held	Subdean, Rector
Spouse	Jac Owen-Jones
Children	India, Jonson, Harris & Eden

Reverend Peter Owen-Jones is an English Anglican clergyman, author and television presenter.

Pete began his working life as a farm labourer in South Eastern England. From there he moved into being the owner of a mobile disco before becoming an advertising copywriter in London prior to being ordained into the Anglican Church.

He initial ran three parishes in Cambridgeshire as the Rector of Haslingfield (Harlton, Great Eversden and Little Eversden), however resigned from his post in 2005 and relocated to the Chichester Diocese in West Sussex. He was recruited by the BBC to front a series of religious television program which would look at different aspects of Christian and other faiths where he has received critical acclaim from many quarters.

[edit] Books

• Bed of Nails: An Advertising Executive's Journey Through Theological College (1998)
• Small Boat, Big Sea: One Year's Journey as a Parish Priest (2000)
• Psalm (2005)

[edit] Television

• The Power and the Glory BBC 4
• The Battle for Britain's Soul. BBC 2
• The Lost Gospels BBC 4
• Extreme Pilgrim. BBC 2