Edward Dowler
Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler (born 28 December 1967)[1] is a British Anglican priest. Since September 2024, he has been the Dean of Chichester in the Church of England.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Dowler was born on 28 December 1967 in Highgate, London, England.[3][4] He was educated at Harrow School, an all-boys independent boarding school in London.[3] He studied at Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1989), Selwyn College, Cambridge (BA, 1993), Westcott House, Cambridge and Durham University (PhD, 2007).[5] His doctoral thesis was titled "Songs of love: a pastoral reading of St Augustine of Hippo's Enarrations in Psalmos", and his supervisors were Graham Gould and Carol Harrison.[6]
Edward is married to Anna Dowler, a successful journalist for The Guardian newspaper. Together, they share two children, Eleanor and Gregory.[7]
Ordained ministry
[edit]Dowler was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1994 and as a priest in 1995.[1] After curacies in London including at Christ Church, Southgate he was on the staff of St Stephen's House, Oxford from 2001 until 2009; then Vicar of Clay Hill until his appointment as archdeacon.[8] He served as the Archdeacon of Hastings in the Diocese of Chichester from 2016 until 2024;[9][10] he additionally became priest-in-charge of St John the Evangelist, Crowborough in 2020.[11]
On 14 May 2024, it was announced that he would be the next Dean of Chichester;[9] he was instituted on 14 September 2024.[12][2]
References
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- 1 2 "Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- 1 2 "Edward Dowler installed as Dean of Chichester". Chicester Cathedral. 14 September 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- 1 2 "Dowler, Ven. Dr (Robert) Edward (Mackenzie), (born 1967), Archdeacon of Hastings, since 2016". Who's Who 2024. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "The Ven Dr (Robert) Edward Mackenzie DOWLER". The Church of England Year Book. Church House Publishing. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ ‘DOWLER, Ven. Dr (Robert) Edward (Mackenzie)’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
- ↑ Dowler, Robert Edward Mackenzie (2006). Songs of love: a pastoral reading of St Augustine of Hippo's Enarrations in Psalmos (PhD thesis). Durham University. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "The Venerable Dr Edward Dowler appointed as Dean of Chichester | Chichester Cathedral". www.chichestercathedral.org.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- ↑ "Hastings Observer". Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- 1 2 "Appointment of Dean of Chichester: 14 May 2024". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "Chichester Anglican". Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "The Installation of Edward Dowler as Dean of Chichester". Diocese of Chicester. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Durham University
- Archdeacons of Hastings
- Deans of Chichester
- Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge
- People from Highgate
- Province of Canterbury archdeacon, 20th-century birth stubs