Henry William Scriven (born 30 August 1951) is an English Anglican bishop who has served in Europe and in America.
[1] He was additionally commissioned by Edmond Browning as an assistant bishop to the Convocation of American Churches in Europe in May 1995.
Scriven was the 980th bishop consecrated or (as in his case) received into the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
In July 2024, he was commissioned by the Church of England Evangelical Council as an "overseer" to provided alternative spiritual oversight (not to be confused with the Church of England's official alternative episcopal oversight) to evangelical clergy and parishes in the Church of England who maintain traditional teaching on the doctrine of marriage and sexual ethics, following the General Synod's support for the introduction of a service of blessing for same sex couples.
He is the great-great-grandnephew of Joseph Scriven, Irish poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".