Kenneth Neal Jennings (8 November 1930 - 14 December 2007) was

Dean of Gloucester The Dean of Gloucester is the head (''primus inter pares'': first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons - the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral - and senior priest of the Diocese of Gloucester. The dean and chapter are based at Glouc ...

from 1983 until 1996. Jennings was educated at Hertford Grammar School, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local ordained and lay mi ...

. After a

curacy 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 w ...

at Holy Trinity, Ramsgate he joined the staff of

Bishop’s College, Calcutta Bishop's College, Calcutta is an Anglican educational establishment founded on 15th December 1820 at Sibpur by Thomas Fanshawe Middleton the first Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India, bishop of the Anglican diocese of Calcutta. The ...

. Later he was

Vice Principal In larger school systems, a head teacher principal is often assisted by someone known as a vice-principal, deputy principal, or assistant/associate principal. Unlike the principal, the vice-principal does not have quite the decision-making authorit ...

of his old theological college from (1967 to 1973) then

Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

of Hitchin, a post he held until his appointment to the Deanery. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995)

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1930 births People educated at Hertford Grammar School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Deans of Gloucester 2007 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub