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Provosts And Deans Of Newcastle
The Dean of Newcastle is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Newcastle Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne''. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which since 1931 had been the equivalent of a dean at English cathedrals which had been parish churches. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle and seat of the Bishop of Newcastle. List of deans Provosts *1931–1938 John Bateman-Champain *1938–1947 George Brigstocke *1947–1962 Noel Kennaby *1962–1976 Clifton Wolters *1976–1989 Christopher Spafford *1990–2001 Nicholas Coulton ''(became Dean)'' Deans *2001–2003 Nicholas Coulton *2003–2018 Chris Dalliston *2018−2022 Geoff Miller Geoffrey Miller, (born 8 September 1952) is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , RP: ), is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It is the most populous settlement in the Tyneside conurbation and North East England. Newcastle developed around a Roman settlement called Pons Aelius. The settlement became known as ''Monkchester'' before taking on the name of a castle built in 1080 by William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. It was one of the world's largest ship building and repair centres during the Industrial Revolution. Newcastle was historically part of the county of Northumberland, but governed as a county corporate after 1400. In 1974, Newcastle became part of the newly-created metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. The local authority is Newcastle City Council, which is a constituent member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton Wolters
Conrad Clifton Wolters (3 April 1909 - 7 February 1991) was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century. Wolters was educated privately and at St John's College, Durham where he was a major prize winner and took First Class Honours in all parts of his Tripos. He was ordained in 1934. After curacies at Gipsy Hill and Beckenham he held incumbencies in Wimbledon Park and Sanderstead. He was Provost of Newcastle Cathedral from 1962 to 1976. In retirement he was Chaplain to the Society of Saint Margaret. He was a leading expert on the medieval English mystics and produced what are still regarded by most as the outstanding modern English translations of ''The Cloud of Unknowing ''The Cloud of Unknowing'' (Middle English: ''The Cloude of Unknowyng'') is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is a spiritual guide on contemplative prayer. The ...'', Julian of Norwich, and Richard Rolle for Penguin C ... [...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] |
Lee Batson
Lee Paul Batson is a British Anglican priest. Since 2023, he has served as Dean of Newcastle. Biography Batson was born in 1977 in Northolt. He was educated at Southend High School for Boys, before studying ancient and medieval history at Royal Holloway, graduating BA in 1999 and MA in 2000. He trained for the ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge, and graduated with a BA in theology from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2003. Batson was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2004 and as a priest in 2005. He served as curate in Saffron Walden between 2004 and 2008, was ordained priest in 2005, and in 2008 became Priest in Charge in Boreham. In 2017, he became Team Rector of the Epping Team Ministry, also serving as Area Dean from 2018, and also as World Church Partnership Officer, developing links between the diocese and the Anglican Church of Kenya. He also served on the diocesan board of education and chaired the Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, an academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Miller (priest)
Geoffrey Vincent Miller (born 26 January 1956) is a British retired Church of England priest and former school teacher. He served as Dean of Newcastle, before which he had been the Archdeacon of Northumberland since 2005. Early life and education Miller was born on 26 January 1956 in Manchester, England, to Harold and Vera Miller. He was educated at Sharston High School, a state school in Sharston, Manchester. He studied at the University of Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in 1977. He then worked as a teacher until he began training for ordained ministry. Ordained ministry In 1981, Miller entered St John's College, Nottingham, an Anglican theological college to be trained for ordained ministry. There, he completed a Diploma in Pastoral Studies (DPS) in 1983. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 and as a priest in 1984. After a curacy in Jarrow he was Team Vicar at St Aidan and St Luke, Billingham from 1986 to 1992; Urban Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Dalliston
Christopher Charles Dalliston (born 2 April 1956) is a British Anglican priest, current dean of Peterborough and former dean of Newcastle. Early life and education Dalliston was born on 2 April 1956. He was educated at Diss High School, then a grammar school in Diss, Norfolk. After studying at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he worked at Ford Motor Company from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, he entered St Stephen's House, Oxford to study theology and train for ordination. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA degree in 1984. Ordained ministry Dalliston was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1984 and as a priest in 1985. From 1984 to 1987, he served his curacy at St Andrew with Holy Trinity, Halstead in the Diocese of Chelmsford. He was then domestic chaplain to John Waine, Bishop of Chelmsford between 1987 and 1991. From 1991 to 1995, he was Vicar of St Edmund's Church, Forest Gate, London. In 1995, Dalliston moved to the Diocese of Lincoln. He was priest in charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Coulton
Nicholas Guy Coulton (born 14 June 1940) was Provost of Newcastle from 1990 to August 2001 and then, when the office title changed, its Dean until 2003. Coulton was born on 14 June 1940, educated at Blundell's School, and qualified as a solicitor in 1962. He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1967. He was curate of Pershore Abbey until 1971 when he became domestic chaplain to the Bishop of St Albans. In 1975 he became Vicar of St Paul’s Bedford, a post he held until his appointment at Newcastle. From 2003 to 2008 he was a residentiary canon at Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V .... References 1940 births Living people Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon English solicitors People educated at Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Spafford
Christopher Garnett Howsin Spafford (1924–2011) was Provost of Newcastle from 1976 to 1989. Spafford was born into an ecclesiastical family on 10 September 1924, educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Oxford and ordained in 1950. After curacies at Brighouse and Huddersfield he held incumbencies at Hebden Bridge, Thornhill and Shrewsbury. He was Provost of Newcastle Cathedral Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle (England), Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church ... from 1976 to 1989. Spafford died in September 2011. References 1924 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Provosts and Deans of Newcastle 2011 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Kennaby
Noel Martin Kennaby was Dean of St Albans from 1964 until 1973. He was born on 22 December 1905, educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and ordained in 1930. His first post was as a curate at Epsom after which he was priest in charge of Christ Church, Scarborough then Vicar of St Andrew's Handsworth. In 1943 he became Rural Dean of Tynemouth and then Provost of Newcastle. His last post before his appointment to the deanery was as senior chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.''Crockford's Clerical Directory ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (''Crockford'') is the authoritative directory of Anglican clergy and churches in Great Britain and Ireland, containing details of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish benefices and churches, and biographies of aro ... 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 He died on 22 January 1994. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennaby, Noel Martin 1905 births Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Provosts and Deans of Newcastle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Cathedral
Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle (England), Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle. It is the most northerly diocese of the Anglican Church in England, reaching from the River Tyne as far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed and as far west as Alston, Cumbria, Alston in Cumbria. The cathedral is a grade I listed building. Founded in 1091 during the same period as the nearby The Castle, Newcastle, castle, the Norman church was destroyed by fire in 1216 and the current building was completed in 1350, so is mostly of the Perpendicular style of the 14th century. Its tower is noted for its 15th-century lantern spire. Heavily restored in 1777, the building was raised to cathedral status in 1882, when it became known as the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas. History The cathedral is named after Saint Nich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brigstocke
George Edward Brigstocke (20 July 1891 – 25 October 1971) was an Anglican priest who converted to Roman Catholicism six years before his death. Brigstocke was born in France to Hugh Mitchell Brigstocke and his wife, Anna Osborne. He had one brother, Capt. Hugh Fraser Brigstocke, who was killed in the First World War while serving with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was educated at Marlborough and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1915. After curacies in Castleford and Stockton-on-Tees he held incumbencies at Horden and Hull. He was Provost of St Newcastle Cathedral from 1938 to 1947 then Principal of the College of the Venerable Bede, Durham until 1959. The college was for the training of school teachers and during World War II Brigstocke had served as a teacher of scripture for those pupils of Dame Allan's Schools who had not been evacuated, and at which schools he also chaired the governing body. He was a Canon Residentiary at Durham Cathedral and then Examin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
