Jonathan Greener Explained

Type:Priest
Honorific-Prefix:The Very Reverend
Jonathan Greener
Dean of Exeter
Church:Church of England
Diocese:Diocese of Exeter
Term:2017–present
Predecessor:Jonathan Draper
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Dean of Wakefield (2007–2017)
Birth Name:Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener
Birth Date:9 March 1961
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Nationality:British
Religion:Anglicanism
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Education:Reigate Grammar School
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
College of the Resurrection

Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener (born 9 March 1961) is a British Anglican priest. He was Dean of Wakefield[1] and presiding dean of the Diocese of Leeds.[2] He became Dean of Exeter on 26 November 2017.[3]

Early life and education

Greener was educated at Reigate Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge (whence he gained his Cambridge Master of Arts).[4] After 5 years as Sales and Export Manager with A & M Hearing (a company run by his father) he studied for the priesthood at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.

Ordained ministry

Greener was ordained in 1992. He was Assistant Curate at Holy Trinity with St Matthew, Southwark, while Angus Galbraith was incumbent from 1991 to 1994. During this time he organized the opening of the new Church building and community centre "St Matthew at the Elephant" by Diana, Princess of Wales, one of her final public engagements. He then became the Bishop of Truro's Domestic Chaplain.[5] He was Vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton[6] from 1996 to 2003 when he became Archdeacon of Pontefract, a post he held until his elevation to the Deanery in 2007.

Greener appeared prominently in a BBC Four television documentary, Cathedrals, broadcast in November 2013.[7] The programme focused on recent renovations to the cathedral and the impending decision on the Church of England commission's recommendation that the diocese be merged with two other Yorkshire dioceses.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Preview Family Record. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708105059/http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=5703. 8 July 2011. 8 November 2020. Burke's Peerage and Gentry.
  2. Web site: 10 June 2013. The Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield Reorganisation Scheme 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220111709/https://www.churchofengland.org/media/1915420/reorganisation%20scheme.pdf. 20 February 2014. 8 November 2020. Church of England.
  3. https://www.wakefieldcathedral.org.uk/news/2017/09/wakefields-dean-on-the-move Wakefield Cathedral — Dean of Wakefield on the Move
  4. [Who's Who]
  5. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  6. http://www.goodshepherdbrighton.org.uk/ Church web-site
  7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hhwvl BBC Four Cathedrals, episode 1 of 3: Wakefield