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Aidan Cross (comics)
Aidan Harrison Cross (5 January 1918 – 15 May 1989) was Dean (religion), Dean of Bloemfontein from 1958 to 1982.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-82 p 237 Oxford, Oxford University Press, OUP, 1983 Educated at Michaelhouse, University of Leeds, Leeds University, after the College of the Resurrection, College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, his first posts were Curate, curacies at St John, Cinderford and St Saviour, Maritzburg. He was then Vicar of Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, Karkloof until his time as Dean (religion), Dean. References 1918 births 1989 deaths Alumni of Michaelhouse Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the College of the Resurrection Deans of Bloemfontein 20th-century South African Anglican priests {{Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean (religion)
A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and many Lutheranism, Lutheran denominations. A dean's assistant is called a sub-dean. History Latin ''decanus'' in the Roman military was the head of a group of ten soldiers within a ''centuria'', and by the 5th century CE, it was the head of a group of ten monks. It came to refer to various civil functionaries in the later Roman Empire.''Oxford English Dictionary'' s.v.' Based on the monastic use, it came to mean the head of a chapter (religion), chapter of canon (priest), canons of a collegiate church or cathedral church. Based on that use, dean (academic), deans in universities now fill various administrative positions. Latin ''decanus'' should not be confused with Greek ''diákonos'' (διάκονος),' from which the word deacon derives, which describes a suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |