John Hall (priest)
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The Very Reverend John Hall |
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| Dean of Westminster | |
John Hall with Svetlana Medvedeva at Westminster Abbey on 1 April 2009
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Royal Peculiar |
| In office | December 2006 to present |
| Predecessor | Wesley Carr |
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| Ordination | 1975 (deacon) 1976 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater |
Durham University Cuddesdon Theological College |
John Robert Hall FSA FRSA (born 13 March 1949) is an English priest of the Church of England. He is the current Dean of Westminster and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II.
His parents were Ronald John Hall and Katie Margaret Brock Walker. He was educated at St Dunstan's College, Catford and St Chad's College, University of Durham (BA). Following two years as a teacher he studied for ordination at Cuddesdon Theological College, Oxford.
Hall served as assistant curate at St John the Divine's Church in Kennington from 1975 to 1978 and was then priest-in-charge of All Saints' Wimbledon from 1978 to 1984.
From 1984 to 1992, Hall was vicar of St Peter's Streatham. He became Diocesan Director of Education in the Diocese of Blackburn in 1992 (and a canon residentiary of Blackburn Cathedral in 1994). From 1998 to 2006 he was General Secretary of the National Society for Promoting Religious Education and from 1998 to 2002 the General Secretary of the Church of England Board of Education, subsequently Chief Education Officer of the Church of England from 2002 to 2006. He also served as an honorary curate of St Alban's South Norwood from 2003 to 2006.
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