a Roman Catholic. Catholic Church On 22 December 2019, Ashenden was received into the Catholic Church by the Bishop of Shrewsbury, Mark Davies, at Shrewsbury Cathedral. Bishop Davies commented that it was "very humbling to be able to receive a bishop of the Anglican tradition into full communion in the year of the canonization of Saint John Henry Newman." In the media Between 2008 and 2012 Ashenden presented the Faith and Ethics programme for BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey. From 2009 to 2012, he also presented the BBC podcast Faith in England. Between 2013 and 2022 he wrote a weekly column in the Jersey Evening Post, where his defence of orthodox Christianity and its critique of modern culture caused both strong support and opposition. While an Anglican bishop he was a contributor to both Anglican Ink and Anglican TV, before creating a new internet programme 'Catholic Unscripted.'. Ashenden has contributed Op Ed pieces in both The Times and The Daily Telegraph. and written for The Sunday Times. He has featured in The Spectators religious affairs podcast 'Holy Smoke;' and has written also for Christian Today. In 2021 he became a regular columnist for the Catholic Herald, appointed as an Associate Editor in 2022. He maintains a website for the publication of homilies, articles and commentary at ashenden.org. He was interviewed by Rod Liddle for The Sunday Times over the controversy surrounding Bishop Curry's sermon following the Royal Wedding in 2018. BBC 2's Newsnight took up the issue when the Archbishop of Canterbury raised questions about God and gender. John Anderson, formerly deputy prime minister of Australia, conducted an interview on the dangers to freedom of speech in his series "conversations", and he has become a regular guest on GB News. Ashenden has written on Russian Orthodox spirituality in A Guidebook to the Spiritual Life (ed. Peter Toon). He also wrote The Oxford Inklings and about C. S. Lewis in Persona and Paradox. Distinctions Styles and titles The Reverend Gavin Ashenden (1980–1999) The Reverend Dr Gavin Ashenden (1999–2003) The Reverend Canon Dr Gavin Ashenden (1997–1999) The Right Reverend Dr Gavin Ashenden (2017–2019) Dr Gavin Ashenden (2019–present) References External links Living people 1954 births Honorary Chaplains to the Queen People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of London Alumni of the University of Sussex Academics of the University of Sussex Alumni of