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Provosts And Deans Of Leicester
The Dean of Leicester is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Leicester Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Saint Martin'' in Leicester. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Leicester and seat of the Bishop of Leicester. List of deans Provosts *1927–1934 Frederick MacNutt (also Archdeacon of Leicester, 1921–1938) *1938–1954 Herbert Jones (afterwards Dean of Manchester, 1954) *1954–1958 Mervyn Armstrong (afterwards Bishop of Jarrow, 1958) *1958–1963 Richard Mayston *1963–1978 John Hughes *1978–1992 Alan Warren *1992–1999 Derek Hole *2000–''2002'' Viv Faull ''(became Dean)'' Deans *2002–2012 Viv Faull *2012-2013 Barry Naylor (Acting Dean) *2013–2022 David Monteith *9 March 2024present Karen Rooms References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester Cathedral Vaughan Porch
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a population of in . The greater Leicester urban area had a population of 559,017 in 2021, making it the 11th most populous in England, and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. A 2023 report ranked Leicester 16th out of the 50 largest UK cities on a range of economic measures, and the first of seven East Midlands cities. The city lies on the River Soar and is approximately north-northwest of London, east-northeast of Birmingham and northeast of Coventry. Nottingham and Derby lie around to the north and northwest respectively, whilst Peterborough is located to the east. Leicester is close to the eastern end of the National Forest. Leicester has a long history extending into ancient times. The site of an Iron Age oppidum, it developed into the Roman town of Ratae Corieltauvorum following the conque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mayston
Richard John Forrester Mayston CBE was an Anglican priest. He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931. He began his career as a curate in Holywood, County Down. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958. He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963."Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost of Leicester", ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...'', 14 May 1963; p. 17; Issue 55700; column B Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayston, Richard John Forrester 1907 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Provosts and Deans of Leicester 1963 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of English People
Listed below are English people of note and some notable individuals born in England. Actors and actresses Archaeologists and anthropologists * George Adamson (1906–1989) * Leslie Alcock (1925–2006) * Mick Aston (1946–2013) * Richard Atkinson (1920–1994) * Edward Russell Ayrton (1882–1914) * Churchill Babington (1821–1889) * Philip Arthur Barker (1920–2001) * Thomas Bateman (1821–1861) * James Theodore Bent (1852–1897) * Geoffrey Bibby (1917–2001) * Howard Carter (1874–1939) * Grahame Clark (1907–1995) * David Clarke (1937–1976) * Barry Cunliffe (born 1939) * Glyn Daniel (1914–1986) * John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologist * E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologist * Cyril Fox (1882–1967) * Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968) * William Greenwell (1820–1918) * Phil Harding (born 1950) * Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978) * John Leland (1502–1582), antiquary * John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provosts And Deans Of Leicester
The Dean of Leicester is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Leicester Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Saint Martin'' in Leicester. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Leicester and seat of the Bishop of Leicester. List of deans Provosts *1927–1934 Frederick MacNutt (also Archdeacon of Leicester, 1921–1938) *1938–1954 Herbert Jones (afterwards Dean of Manchester, 1954) *1954–1958 Mervyn Armstrong (afterwards Bishop of Jarrow, 1958) *1958–1963 Richard Mayston *1963–1978 John Hughes *1978–1992 Alan Warren *1992–1999 Derek Hole *2000–''2002'' Viv Faull ''(became Dean)'' Deans *2002–2012 Viv Faull *2012-2013 Barry Naylor (Acting Dean) *2013–2022 David Monteith *9 March 2024present Karen Rooms References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Ecclesiastical Offices
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Most are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, one of the largest Christian bodies in the world, and the world's third-largest Christian communion. When united churches in the Anglican Communion and the breakaway Continuing Anglican movement were not counted, there were an estimated 97.4 million Anglicans worldwide in 2020. Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The provinces within the Anglican Communion are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the archbisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Anglicans
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Rooms
Karen Rooms (born 1 January 1961) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2024, she has served as Dean of Leicester. Life and career Rooms was born on 1 January 1961 in Edinburgh. She was educated at Nottingham Girls' High School and at the University of Bristol, where she graduated BA in 1982. She worked in sales and marketing with Procter and Gamble and in logistics with Boots. She then spent seven years living in northern Tanzania, where she worked with the Anglican Church of Tanzania and also established a café business in Moshi, Tanzania. Upon her return to the United Kingdom, she volunteered with Citizens Advice and trained for ordination at St John's College, Nottingham, and was ordained as a priest in 2007. She served as a curate in the parish of Hyson Green from 2006 to 2009, and then as vicar of St Ann's from 2009 to 2016, both in the city of Nottingham. In 2016, she was appointed Canon Missioner at Leicester Cathedral, a position which she combined with parish minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Monteith
David Robert Malvern Monteith (born 5 June 1968) is a Northern Irish Anglican priest in the Church of England and is the current Dean of Canterbury, the senior canon of Canterbury Cathedral. He was previously the Dean of Leicester since his appointment in May 2013 until 2022. Early life and education Monteith is the son of Malvern and Molly Monteith, the eldest of two boys and two girls. He was born on 5 June 1968 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Portora Royal School, a grammar school in Enniskillen. He studied zoology at the University of Durham, where he was a member of St John's College, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1989. In 1990, Monteith entered St John's College, Nottingham, an Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry. During this time, he also studied theology at the University of Nottingham, and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1992. He then studied for a Master of Arts (MA) deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viv Faull
Vivienne Frances Faull (born 20 May 1955) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual. Since 2018, she has served as the Bishop of Bristol. In 1985, she was the first woman to be appointed chaplain to an Oxbridge college. She was later a cathedral dean, and the only female cathedral provost in Church of England history, having served as Provost of Leicester from 2000 to 2002. Early life Faull was born on 20 May 1955. She was educated at The Queen's School, Chester, an all-girls private school. She studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; it was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1982. When she began studying theology at St John's College, Nottingham, she became the first woman to be paid by the Church of England to do so. Ordained ministry Faull was licensed as a deaconess in the Church of England in 1982, and ordained as a deacon in 1987 and as a priest in 1994. She served first at the Church of St Matthew an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Hole
Derek Norman Hole (5 December 1933 – 4 September 2021) was a Church of England priest who spent most of his long career living and ministering in Leicestershire. Born on 5 December 1933 in Cornwall, he was educated at Public Central School, Plymouth and prepared for ordination at Lincoln Theological College. He began his career as Curate at St Mary Magdalen, Knighton, Leicester after which he was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Cape Town. After a further curacy at St Nicholas Church, Kenilworth he was Rector of St Mary the Virgin, Burton Latimer. From 1973 to 1992 he was 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 p ... of St James the Greater, Leicester when he became Provost of Leicester Cathedral - a post he held for 7 years. He was also appointed chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Warren (priest)
Alan Christopher Warren (27 June 1932 – 22 December 2020) was an Anglican priest and author, in the second half of the 20th century. He was educated at Dulwich College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1957 and priest in 1958. During his time at Cambridge he was a choral scholar and was a violinist and violist in the Footlights and then in the Plymouth and Leicester Symphony orchestras. He later conducted several choirs and composed choral and chamber music. He was an M.C.C. cricketer and in 1968 he had brief appearances for the Leicestershire 2nd XI cricket club in the Second XI Championship, and played for Hunstanton and Leicestershire Golf Clubs. He began his career with curacies at St Paul's, Margate and St Andrew, Plymouth. After this he was Chaplain of Kelly College, Tavistock then Vicar of Holy Apostles, Leicester. From 1972 to 1978 he was a Canon of Coventry Cathedral and Coventr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hughes (priest)
John Hughes may refer to: Arts and Entertainment Literature *John Hughes (poet) (1677–1720), English poet *John Hughes (1790–1857), English author *John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887), Welsh poet * John Hughes (writer) (born 1961), Australian author and essayist Performing arts *John Hughes (1872–1914), Welsh composer of ''Calon Lân'' and other hymn-tunes *John Hughes (1873–1932), Welsh composer of ''Cwm Rhondda'' and other hymn-tunes *John Hughes (filmmaker) (1950–2009), American film director, writer, and producer *John Hughes (Irish musician) (born 1950), Irish musician and manager of The Corrs *John Hughes III (born 1976), American musician and founder of Hefty Records *John Patrick Hughes, co-founder of Rhythm and Hues Studios * Father John Hughes, character in British TV series ''Peaky Blinders'' Visual arts *John Hughes (sculptor) (1865–1941), Irish sculptor * John Hughes (art director) (1882–1954), American art director * John Hughes (architect) (1903–1977) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
