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Dean Of Guildford
The Dean of Guildford is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Guildford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit'' in Guildford. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Guildford and seat of the Bishop of Guildford. The current dean is Dianna Gwilliams, who was installed on 15 September 2013. List of deans *1961–1965 George Clarkson *1968–1986 Tony Bridge *1987–2001 Alex Wedderspoon *2002–2012 Victor Stock *31 July 2012 – 4 September 2013 Nicholas Thistlethwaite ''(Acting Dean)'' *4 September 2013–present Dianna Gwilliams Dianna Lynn Gwilliams DL (born 1957) is the current dean of Guildford. Background Gwilliams was born in Colorado and grew up in California. She was educated at the University of California (BA Physics & Chemistry, 1978) and King's College Lo ... References SourcesWindow on Woking – 1927 Diocese of Guildfo ...
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Guildford Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England. Richard Onslow donated the first of land on which the cathedral stands, with Viscount Bennett, a former Prime Minister of Canada, purchasing the remaining land and donating it to the cathedral in 1947. Designed by Edward Maufe and built between 1936 and 1961, it is the seat of the Bishop of Guildford. Construction The Diocese of Guildford was created in 1927, covering most of Surrey. Work began nine years later on its cathedral. Following a design competition, The Cathedral Committee chose Edward Maufe (later Sir Edward Maufe) as its architect and the foundation stone was laid by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1936. Maufe, Edward. ''Guildford Cathedral''. Pitkin Pictorials Ltd, 1966. The brief for the competition specified that construction costs for the entire building should be £250,000. Work began in 1937 but had to b ...
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Guildford
Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildford" is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames that flows through the town centre. The earliest evidence of human activity in the area is from the Mesolithic and Guildford is mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great from . The exact location of the main Anglo-Saxon settlement is unclear and the current site of the modern town centre may not have been occupied until the early 11th century. Following the Norman Conquest, a motte-and-bailey castle was constructed, which was developed into a royal residence by Henry III. During the late Middle Ages, Guildford prospered as a result of the wool trade and the town was granted a charter of incorporation by Henry VII in 1488. The River Wey Navig ...
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Diocese Of Guildford
__NOTOC__ The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese covering eight and half of the eleven districts in Surrey, much of north-east Hampshire and a parish in Greater London. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Guildford. Of the two provinces of the church, it is in the Province of Canterbury. History The diocese was formed on 1 May 1927 from part of the Diocese of Winchester.History
The Church of England: Diocese of Guildford. Retrieved 28 October 2013


Organisation

Of the eleven secular districts of Surrey, eight and a half are in the diocese. The excluded parts are: Spelthorne, part of the < ...
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Bishop Of Guildford
The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury. The title had first appeared as a suffragan See in the Diocese of Winchester in 1874. The Bishop suffragan of Guildford assisted the Bishop of Winchester in overseeing that diocese. Under George V, the Diocese of Guildford was created out of the north-eastern part of the Diocese of Winchester in 1927. The diocese covers the western half of the County of Surrey. The see is in the town of Guildford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit which was built as a cathedral 1936 to 1965. The bishop's residence is Willow Grange, Jacobs Well — to the north of Guildford. The incumbent bishop is Andrew Watson, 10th Bishop of Guildford, since the confirmation of his election on 24 November 2014. List of bishops Assistant bishops Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese have been: *19301955 (d.): Cyril Golding-B ...
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Dianna Gwilliams
Dianna Lynn Gwilliams DL (born 1957) is the current dean of Guildford. Background Gwilliams was born in Colorado and grew up in California. She was educated at the University of California (BA Physics & Chemistry, 1978) and King's College London (MA, 2001) in Youth Ministry and Theological Education. In 1978, she travelled to the UK while she was on tour (as a sound engineer) for a musical called The Witness. She was a sound engineer for 12 years. Clergy Gwilliams was ordained deacon in 1992 and priest in 1994. After serving curacies at the St Saviour, Peckhamknown locally as the Copleston Church and Centre and St Barnabas, Dulwich she became Vicar of Saint Barnabas, Dulwich and Foundation Chaplain of Alleyn's College in 1999. She was appointed Dean of Guildford in 2013 and instituted at Guildford Cathedral The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England. Richard Onsl ...
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George Clarkson
George William Clarkson (11 December 1897 – 15 August 1977) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Clarkson was educated at New College, Oxford and ordained in 1927. He was then successively a curate in Wigan, Vicar of Aspull, Sub Dean of St Albans Cathedral (and Rural Dean of Dunstable) before his ordination to the episcopate as the fourth Bishop of Pontefract with the additional title of Archdeacon of Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wak .... In 1961, in controversial circumstances not of his own making (many had expected the Provost of Guildford to succeed), he became Dean of Guildford, a position he held for seven years. In retirement he continued to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln until his death. References ...
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Tony Bridge
Antony Cyprian "Tony" Bridge (5 September 1914 – 23 April 2007) was a British artist who became an Anglican priest. He was Dean of Guildford for 18 years, from 1968 to 1986, and wrote several books on the history of Constantinople and the Crusades. Education and painting Bridge's father was Royal Navy Commander Cyprian Dunscomb Charles Bridge. Bridge and his younger brother, Nigel, were educated at Marlborough College. His brother became a barrister and then a judge, serving as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1980 to 1992. After school, where his artistic talent had been recognised, Bridge studied at the Royal Academy School of Art, where he was influenced by Post-Impressionism. Living on a small private income, he became an artist in the 1930s. For a period, he shared a studio with Dylan Thomas and spent the summers from 1934 to 1937 in Sark, Channel Islands, in the colony of artists which included Mervyn Peake and Peter Scott. During and after World War II Bridge enlist ...
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Alex Wedderspoon
Alexander Gillan Wedderspoon (3 April 1931 – 10 June 2014) was an Anglican priest, academic, and British Army officer. He was Dean of Guildford from 1987 to 2001. Early life Wedderspoon was born on 3 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father was a Church of Scotland minister. He was educated at Westminster School, then an all-boys public school in London. After his military service, he went on to study at Jesus College, Oxford. Career Military service Wedderspoon undertook National Service as a commissioned officer in the British Army. He was commissioned on 1 April 1950 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. On 16 December 1951, he was granted the acting rank of lieutenant. He relinquished his commission, therefore ending his liability for call up, on 1 February 1962. Religious life Wedderspoon was ordained in 1961. He was then a curate in Kingston upon Thames, a lecturer in religious education at the University of London, priest in charge of St Margaret's ...
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Victor Stock
Victor Andrew Stock AKC (born 24 December 1944) is a retired English Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Guildford in the Church of England. Apart from his being an Associate of King's College, he is also a member of the Order of Australia (OAM), an (Honorary) Doctor of the University of Surrey, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He is now Priest Vicar of Westminster Abbey. He has taken part in many discussions on science and religion and was featured as a guest on BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage 2012 and 2015 Christmas specials. Stock was educated at Christopher Wren School, West London and King's College London. Ordained in 1970, he was a curate in Pinner and then Chaplain of the University of London’s Church of Christ the King, Gordon Square. He was Rector of St James and St John Friern Barnet from 1979 to 1986 and of St Mary-le-Bow in the City of London from 1986 until 2002. He retired as Dean of Guildford on 31 July 2012, becoming ''dean emeritus''. He ...
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Deans Of Guildford
The Dean of Guildford is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Guildford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit'' in Guildford. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Guildford and seat of the Bishop of Guildford. The current dean is Dianna Gwilliams, who was installed on 15 September 2013. List of deans *1961–1965 George Clarkson *1968–1986 Tony Bridge *1987–2001 Alex Wedderspoon *2002–2012 Victor Stock *31 July 2012 – 4 September 2013 Nicholas Thistlethwaite ''(Acting Dean)'' *4 September 2013–present Dianna Gwilliams Dianna Lynn Gwilliams DL (born 1957) is the current dean of Guildford. Background Gwilliams was born in Colorado and grew up in California. She was educated at the University of California (BA Physics & Chemistry, 1978) and King's College Lo ... References SourcesWindow on Woking – 1927 Diocese of Guildfor ...
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