Thomas Eric Evans KCVO (1 February 1928 – 17 August 1996) was

Dean of St Paul's The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England. The dean of St Paul's is also ''ex officio'' dean of the Order of the British Empire. The current dean is Andrew Tremlett, ...

from 1988 until his death eight years later.

Biography

Evans was educated at

St David's College, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ...

, and then at at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1954 '' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 and began his ordained ministry with

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy ...

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

and

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

. After this, he was youth chaplain for the

Diocese of Gloucester The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester, covering the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire. The cathedral is Gloucester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Gloucester. It is part of the Province ...

and then Canon Missioner at Gloucester Cathedral and Archdeacon of

Cheltenham Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...

. Evans served on the Board of the Council for the Care of Churches and was a Member of the Church of England Synod. He was a Church Commissioners.

References

1928 births Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Cheltenham Deans of St Paul's Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1996 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter