How can I find out what flavour of Anglican a priest is?

[aquarimum]

Somewhat new to the whole CofE thing, but curious to know how one finds out what kind of Anglican a priest/bishop or deacon is? Are they high church or more HTB? Please use simple words because I’m still hazy on the differences between bishops and deacons 😁

Ditto. I also work with vicars of all 'flavours' who are very different people, but I find them all generally lovely in their own ways. As pickledandpuzzled says, they have a 'something' about them - sense of their vocation / calling perhaps - above and beyond what many other christians have, and all have something to offer.

Are you sure you're right for the church, with a thread title like that?

@aquarimum have you considered trying the flavour of Catholicism?

Right, yes, because Christ was famous for not tolerating anyone who wasn't a total insider 🙄

Are you sure you're right for the Church, with an attitude like yours?

You can find Anglo-Catholic Parishes here -

https://www.sswsh.com/parishes.php

Roman Catholic Churches are listed here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_churches_in_the_United_Kingdom

Conservative Evangelical Churches here -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Conservative_evangelical_Anglican_churches_in_England

Seeing where a person trained for ordination can help, as can where they served their curacy, however ultimately people can change too so it can be hard to work out! I'm in your position, they have hired now we wait ... middle of the road is the hope!

And I'd echo that robed choirs, fancy clerical outfits etc doesn't mean conservative in views so often, my old place is super liberal, were blessing same sex couples under the radar 15 years ago yet looks like a blast from the past!

Neither of these extremes really supports full female equality... there is middle ground between the two, quite likely with a woman vicar nowadays.