Jeremy John "Jerry" Lepine (born 24 April 1956) is a British

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priest. He was Dean of Bradford from 2013 to 2021. Educated at

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and

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in 1985, he began his career with a

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at Trinity St Michael,

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. He was

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from 1988 to 1995; and

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for the Croydon Area

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from then until 2002 when he became Rector of St Leonard,

Wollaton Wollaton is a suburb and former civil parish in the western part of Nottingham, in the Nottingham district, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Wollaton has two wards in the City of Nottingham (''Wollaton East & Lenton Abbey'' ...

,Nottingham Post
/ref> a post he held until his appointment as Dean of Bradford.

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1956 births Alumni of St John's College, Nottingham Provosts and Deans of Bradford Living people People from Wollaton {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub