Peter Somerset Margesson Judd DL (born 20 February 1949) is a retired priest, having retired as

Dean of Chelmsford The Dean of Chelmsford is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the Cathedral Chapter, the governing body of Chelmsford Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd. Before 2000 the ...

on 6 October 2013. Born in

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, Alberta, he was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1974. He began his ecclesiastical career as a

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at St Philip with St Stephen, Salford after which he was

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and Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. He was

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of Hitcham and Dropmore from 1981 to 1988 and then Rural Dean of Cowley until he became

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and Provost of Chelmsford Cathedral in 1997, and Dean in 2000.Chelmsford Cathedral – Judd 'Outstanding' Dean Retires
(Accessed 17 October 2013)

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1949 births People from Calgary People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Deputy Lieutenants of Essex Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge Provosts and Deans of Chelmsford Living people {{UK-reli-bio-stub