| Honorific-Prefix: | The Very Reverend |
| Kenneth Joseph Riley | |
| Order: | Dean of Manchester |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | 2005 |
| Birth Date: | 1940 6, df=y |
| Nationality: | British |
Kenneth Joseph Riley, OBE (born 25 June 1940) was the Dean of Manchester in the last decade of the 20th century and the first of the 21st.[2]
Born on 25 June 1940, he was educated at Aberystwyth University and Linacre College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1965 and began his ministry as a curate at Emmanuel Church, Fazakerley.[3] After this he was chaplain at Brasted Place College,[4] then Oundle School and finally Liverpool University. From 1987 to 1993 he was precentor at Liverpool Cathedral when he was elevated to the deanery.[5] He was appointed an OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours List and retired in 2005.[6]