Janet Elizabeth "Jan" McFarlane (born 25 November 1964) is a British Church of England bishop and former speech and language therapist.

[5] She studied at the University of Sheffield, graduating with a Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci) degree in 1987.

[2] She then worked as a Speech Therapist in the National Health Service and lived in North Staffordshire.

[3] Having been selected for ordination, Jan McFarlane underwent a number of years of formation.

[2] She then underwent a further year of training at Cranmer Hall, Durham, an open evangelical Anglican theological college,[2][7] completing a Diploma in Ministry (DipMin) in 1993.

[2][7] From 1993 to 1994, she served as parish deacon in the Stafford Team Ministry in the Diocese of Lichfield.

[2] She was one of the first female priests as 1994 was the first year that the Church of England ordained women to the priesthood.

She shared her story with a local newspaper, the Eastern Daily Press, and "urged other cancer patients to not hide away from the disease".