Ian Tarrant Explained

Type:priest
Honorific-Prefix:The Very Rev'd
Ian Tarrant
Dean of Gibraltar
Diocese:Diocese in Europe
Term:16 March 2020
Ordination:1984 (deacon)
1985(priest)
Spouse:Sally Barton
Alma Mater:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Ian Tarrant (born Essex 1957) is an Anglican priest, the Dean of Gibraltar since 2020.[1]

Tarrant was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and at St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained deacon in 1984 and priest in 1985.

After a curacy in Ealing he worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1988 to 1998. He was Senior Anglican Chaplain at the University of Nottingham from 1998 to 2009 and Rector of Woodford from then until his appointment as Dean.[2] His wife, Sally Barton, holds the world record for being the oldest person to play international cricket.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. https://europe.anglican.org/main/latest-news/post/1525-next-dean-of-the-cathedral-church-of-the-holy-trinity-gibraltar Europe, Anglican
  2. https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2019/12/strategic-role-for-new-dean-of-gibraltar.aspx ACNS
  3. Web site: Grandmother becomes oldest international cricketer. BBC Sport. 2024-06-04.
  4. Web site: Meet Sally Barton: LSE's Political Science teacher-turned oldest T20I cricketer in history!. The Week. 2024-06-04.