Type: | Priest |
Honorific Prefix: | The Very Reverend |
Geoff Miller | |
Dean of Newcastle | |
Church: | Church of England |
Diocese: | Diocese of Newcastle |
Term: | 2018 to 2022 |
Predecessor: | Chris Dalliston |
Other Post: | Archdeacon of Northumberland (2005–2018) |
Ordination: | 1983 (deacon) 1984 (priest) |
Birth Name: | Geoffrey Vincent Miller |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1956 df=y |
Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
Nationality: | British |
Religion: | Anglicanism |
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Alma Mater: | University of Durham St John's College, Nottingham |
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.[1]
Miller was born on 26 January 1956 in Manchester, England, to Harold and Vera Miller.[2] 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.
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[3] from 1986 to 1992; Urban Development Officer for the Diocese of Durham from 1991 to 1996; Vicar of St Cuthbert, Darlington[4] from 1996 to 1999; and a residentiary canon at Newcastle Cathedral from 1995 until his archdeacon's appointment. He was installed as Dean of Newcastle on 20 October 2018,[5] having served as acting dean from 4 February 2018.[6] He retired in November 2022.[7]
In February 2023, Miller was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Tyne and Wear.