Alastair Llewellyn John Redfern (born 1 September 1948) is a retired Church of England bishop, who served as Bishop of Derby from 2005 to 2018.^[1][2]

Redfern studied at Christ Church, Oxford.^[3] He received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2001 from the University of Bristol.^[4][5][6] His doctoral thesis was titled "Oversight and authority in the nineteenth century church of England: a case study of Bishop Samuel Wilberforce".^[6]

Redfern was ordained a deacon at Petertide 1976 (27 June)^[7] and a priest the following Petertide (26 June 1977), both times by Kenneth Skelton, Bishop of Lichfield, at Lichfield Cathedral.^[8] He served as a curate in Wolverhampton.^[9] He then became a lecturer and later vice principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon.^[10] He was also an honorary curate of Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon between 1983 and 1987.^[9] From 1987 to 1997 he was the Canon Theologian of Bristol Cathedral.

In 1974, Redfern married Jane Valerie Straw.^[13] Together they had two daughters.^[13] His first wife died in 2004.^[13] In 2006, he married Caroline Boddington.^[15] who at the time worked for the Church of England as the Archbishops' Secretary for Appointments.^[15][16] She retired in 2021.

• The Reverend Alastair Redfern (1976–1987)
• The Reverend Canon Alastair Redfern (1987–1997)
• The Right Reverend Alastair Redfern (1997–2001)
• The Right Reverend Doctor Alastair Redfern (2001–present)