Cyril Jonathan Meyrick (born 23 April 1952) is a British

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retired bishop. He is a former Bishop of Lynn and Dean of Exeter.

Early life and education

Meyrick was born on 23 April 1952. He was educated at Lancing College and

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. He then studied for ordination at Sarum and Wells Theological College.

Ordained ministry

Meyrick was made a deacon at Petertide 1976 (27 June), by Peter Walker,

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, at St Luke's, Cowley, and as a priest in 1977. After a curacy at Bicester he was domestic

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, Bishop of Oxford, from 1978 to 1981 and then a tutor in Old Testament studies at Codrington College, Barbados until 1984. He returned to the Diocese of Oxford as Team Vicar of

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with Dropmore, Hitcham and Taplow until 1990, when he moved to become Team Rector of Tisbury, Sarum and

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until 1998. While at Tisbury, he served as Rural Dean of

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from 1997 to 1998, when he moved to become a

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at Rochester Cathedral, where he served as Canon Pastor and Acting Dean. On 21 May 2005, he was installed as Dean of Exeter, serving simultaneously (''ex officio'') as Priest-in-charge of Central Exeter. He has presented a weekly feature in ''The Express and Echo'' under the name of "Johnny Dean". In March 2011, it was announced that Meyrick had been appointed as

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, taking over from James Langstaff,

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. He was consecrated as a bishop by Rowan Williams,

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, at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 2011 and installed in Norwich Cathedral on 29 June 2011. In 2016, he was appointed Provost of Lancing College. Meyrick retired as Bishop on 25 January 2021, but remains Provost of Lancing.

Styles

*'' The Reverend'' Jonathan Meyrick (1976–1998) *''The Reverend'' Canon Jonathan Meyrick (1998–2005) *''The Very Reverend'' Jonathan Meyrick (2005–2011) *''The

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'' Jonathan Meyrick (2011–present)

References

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