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Provost Of Leicester Cathedral
The Dean of Leicester is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Leicester Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Saint Martin'' in Leicester. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Leicester and seat of the Bishop of Leicester. The most recent Dean was David Monteith until he was installed as Dean of Canterbury on 17 December 2022. List of deans Provosts *1927–1934 Frederick MacNutt (also Archdeacon of Leicester, 1921–1938) *1938–1954 Herbert Jones (afterwards Dean of Manchester, 1954) *1954–1958 Mervyn Armstrong (afterwards Bishop of Jarrow, 1958) *1958–1963 Richard Mayston *1963–1978 John Hughes *1978–1992 Alan Warren *1992–1999 Derek Hole *2000–''2002'' Viv Faull ''(became Dean)'' Deans *2002–2012 Viv Faull *2012-2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester Cathedral Vaughan Porch
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest. It is situated to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. The population size has increased by 38,800 ( 11.8%) from around 329,800 in 2011 to 368,600 in 2021 making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. Leicester is at the intersection of two railway lines: the Midland Main Line and the Birmingham to London Stansted Airport line. It is also at the confluence of the M1/ M69 motorways and the A6/ A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City and rugby club Leicester Tigers. Name The name of Leicester comes from Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervyn Armstrong
Mervyn Armstrong, OBE (1906 – 1984) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1938. His first posts were as a Chaplain in the RNVR, after which he was Vicar of Margate. Appointed Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1949 he became Archdeacon of Stow and then Provost of Leicester Cathedral before appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow in 1958. In 1964, he resigned that See to become an "advisor on industry" to Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers th ..., and an Assistant Bishop of York; he retired in 1970. References 1906 births 1984 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Royal Naval Volunteer R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of English People
Listed below are English people of note and some notable individuals born in England. Actors and actresses Archaeologists and anthropologists * George Adamson (1906–1989) * Leslie Alcock (1925–2006) * Mick Aston (1946–2013) * Richard Atkinson (1920–1994) * Edward Russell Ayrton (1882–1914) * Churchill Babington (1821–1889) * Philip Arthur Barker (1920–2001) * Thomas Bateman (1821–1861) * James Theodore Bent (1852–1897) * Geoffrey Bibby (1917–2001) * Howard Carter (1874–1939) * Grahame Clark (1907–1995) * David Clarke (1937–1976) * Barry Cunliffe (born 1939) * Glyn Daniel (1914–1986) * John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologist * E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologist * Cyril Fox (1882–1967) * Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968) * William Greenwell (1820–1918) * Phil Harding (born 1950) * Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978) * John Leland (1502–1552), antiquary * John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provosts And Deans Of Leicester
The Dean of Leicester is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Leicester Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Saint Martin'' in Leicester. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Leicester and seat of the Bishop of Leicester. The most recent Dean was David Monteith until he was installed as Dean of Canterbury on 17 December 2022. List of deans Provosts *1927–1934 Frederick MacNutt (also Archdeacon of Leicester, 1921–1938) *1938–1954 Herbert Jones (afterwards Dean of Manchester, 1954) *1954–1958 Mervyn Armstrong (afterwards Bishop of Jarrow, 1958) *1958–1963 Richard Mayston *1963–1978 John Hughes *1978–1992 Alan Warren *1992–1999 Derek Hole *2000–''2002'' Viv Faull ''(became Dean)'' Deans *2002–2012 Viv Faull *2012-2013 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Ecclesiastical Offices
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Anglicans
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viv Faull
Vivienne Frances Faull (born 20 May 1955) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual. Since 2018, she has served as the Bishop of Bristol. In 1985, she was the first woman to be appointed chaplain to an Oxbridge college. She was later a cathedral dean, and the only female cathedral provost in Church of England history, having served as Provost of Leicester from 2000 to 2002. Early life Faull was born on 20 May 1955. She was educated at The Queen's School, Chester, an all-girls Independent school (United Kingdom), independent school. She studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; it was promoted to a Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1982. When she began studying theology at St John's College, Nottingham, she became the first woman to be paid by the Church of England to do so. Ordained ministry Faull was licensed as a deaconess in the Church of England in 1982, and ordained as a Deacon#Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Hole
Derek Norman Hole (5 December 1933 – 4 September 2021) was a Church of England priest who spent most of his long career living and ministering in Leicestershire. Born on 5 December 1933 in Cornwall, he was educated at Public Central School, Plymouth and prepared for ordination at Lincoln Theological College. He began his career as Curate at St Mary Magdalen, Knighton, Leicester after which he was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Cape Town. After a further curacy at St Nicholas Church, Kenilworth he was Rector of St Mary the Virgin, Burton Latimer. From 1973 to 1992 he was Vicar of St James the Greater, Leicester when he became Provost of Leicester Cathedral The Dean of Leicester is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Leicester Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Saint Martin'' in Leicester. ... - a post he held for 7 years. He was also appointed chaplai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Warren (priest)
Alan Christopher Warren (27 June 1932 – 22 December 2020) was an Anglican priest and author, in the second half of the 20th century. He was educated at Dulwich College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1957 and priest in 1958. During his time at Cambridge he was a choral scholar and was a violinist and violist in the Footlights and then in the Plymouth and Leicester Symphony orchestras. He later conducted several choirs and composed choral and chamber music. He was an M.C.C. cricketer and in 1968 he had brief appearances for the Leicestershire 2nd XI cricket club in the Second XI Championship, and played for Hunstanton and Leicestershire Golf Clubs. He began his career with curacies at St Paul's, Margate and St Andrew, Plymouth. After this he was Chaplain of Kelly College, Tavistock then Vicar of Holy Apostles, Leicester. From 1972 to 1978 he was a Canon of Coventry Cathedral and Coventry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hughes (priest)
John Chester Hughes, (20 February 1924 – 16 October 2008) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. Early life and education Hughes was born on 20 February 1924, educated at Dulwich College and Durham University. Ordained ministry Hughes was ordained in 1950. He began his career with a curacy at St Alban, Westcliff-on-Sea after which he was Succentor at Chelmsford Cathedral. He then held incumbencies at St Barnabas, Leicester and St St John the Baptist, Croxton Kerrial. In 1963 he became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held for 15 years. His last post before retirement in 1987 was as Vicar of St Nicholas, Bringhurst. He died on 16 October 2008. Honours In November 1974, Hughes was appointed a Chaplain of the Order of St John The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mayston
Richard John Forrester Mayston CBE was an Anglican priest. He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931. He began his career as a curate in Holywood, County Down. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958. He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963."Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost of Leicester", ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...'', 14 May 1963; p. 17; Issue 55700; column B Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayston, Richard John Forrester 1907 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Provosts and Deans of Leicester 1963 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Jarrow
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The Bishop of Jarrow is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the former Anglo Saxon monastery in the town of Jarrow in Tyne and Wear. List of bishops References External links Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Durham Bishops of Jarrow A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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