Dean of St Albans
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The Dean of St Albans is the head of the Chapter
of St Albans Cathedral
in the city of St Albans
, England
in the Diocese of St Albans. The first incumbent was Walter John Lawrance
and the post is currently held by the Very Revd Jeffrey John
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Chapter (religion)
Chapter designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Nordic Lutheran churches....
of St Albans Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral church at St Albans, England. At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England...
in the city of St Albans
St Albans
St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the Diocese of St Albans. The first incumbent was Walter John Lawrance
Walter John Lawrance
The Very Rev Walter John Lawrance was an eminent clergyman in the Church of England at the end of the 19th century and the very first part of the 20th....
and the post is currently held by the Very Revd Jeffrey John
Jeffrey John
Jeffrey Philip Hywel John SCP is a Church of England priest and the current Dean of St Albans. He made headlines in 2003 when he was the first person to have openly been in a same-sex relationship to be nominated as a Church of England bishop...
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