Stephen Ronald Taylor (born 2 May 1955) is a retired priest of the Church of England who served as Archdeacon of Maidstone and then Diocesan Secretary in the Diocese of Canterbury.
[2] In 1981, he married Julie Anderson,[1] a senior educational psychologist at St Peter's Shipley.
While there, Taylor was awarded his Master of Arts (MA) by Durham University in 1999; in the same year he became an Honorary Canon of the diocese of Rift Valley, Tanzania.
[5] On 1 January 2021, he became also Diocesan Secretary of the Diocese of Canterbury — he was originally seconded to the role in an acting capacity before the post was made substantive at a later date.
[8] Outside of his clerical posts, Taylor also: founded the Kilimatinde Trust, Tanzania in 1997; sat on the Church of England's General Synod (2000–2005); Chaired the 'Church and Society' working group for Durham and Newcastle dioceses (2005–2006); was Chairman of the Sunderland Local Partnership (2006–2011); and became an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sunderland in 2009.