Simon Cowling
The Very. Rev Simon Charles Cowling (b 1959) has been Dean of Wakefield[1] since 2018.[2]
Education
Cowling was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, King’s College London and Lincoln Theological College.[3] He was a teacher until his ordination in 1992.
Ministry
He served curacies at St Martin, Potternewton, Leeds from 1991 to 1994 and at St Chad, Far Headingley, Leeds from 1994 to 1996; and was Vicar at St Edmund King and Martyr, Roundhay from 1996 to 2007. He was Area Dean of Allerton from 2004 to 20007; Canon Residentiary and Precentor of Sheffield Cathedral from 2007 to 2013; and Rector of Bolton Abbey[4] from 2013 until his appointment as dean.[5]
References
- ^ Cathedral web-site
- ^ "Simon Charles Cowling". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Anon (2017). "Cowling, Very Rev. Simon Charles". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U291334.
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- ^ English Cathedrals
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