Geoffrey Vincent Miller (born 26 January 1956) is a British retired

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priest and former school teacher. He served as Dean of Newcastle, before which he had been the

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since 2005.

Early life and education

Miller was born on 26 January 1956 in

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, England, to Harold and Vera Miller. He was educated at Sharston High School, a state school in

Sharston Sharston is an area of Wythenshawe, south Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 16,754. History Built on former farming land (as was most of Wythenshawe when the estate was first being built in the 1920s), the area was i ...

, Manchester. He studied at the

University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charte ...

, graduating with a

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(BEd) degree in 1977. He then worked as a teacher until he began training for ordained ministry.

Ordained ministry

In 1981, Miller entered

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, an Anglican

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to be trained for ordained ministry. There, he completed a Diploma in Pastoral Studies (DPS) in 1983. He was

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in the

as a

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in 1983 and as a

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in 1984. After a

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in Jarrow he was Team Vicar at St Aidan and St Luke,

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from 1986 to 1992; Urban Development Officer for the

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from 1991 to 1996;

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of St Cuthbert, Darlington from 1996 to 1999; and a residentiary canon at

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from 1995 until his archdeacon's appointment. He was installed as Dean of Newcastle on 20 October 2018, having served as acting dean from 4 February 2018. He retired November 2022.

References

1956 births Alumni of Durham University Archdeacons of Northumberland Provosts and Deans of Newcastle Living people Clergy from Manchester Heads of schools in England Alumni of St John's College, Nottingham People from Wythenshawe {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub