The Very Revd Andreas Loewe PhD FRHistS |
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Dean of Melbourne | |
Diocese | Diocese of Melbourne |
In office | 2012 - present |
Predecessor | Mark Burton |
Other posts | Chaplain, Trinity College Melbourne |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2001 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Munich, Germany |
27 February 1973
Nationality | German, Australian |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater |
University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
Jost Andreas Loewe (born 27 February 1973) is a German-born priest in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as the 15th Dean of Melbourne since 2012, the second-youngest dean in the history of the diocese.
An academic theologian and music historian, Loewe is also an honorary fellow and lecturer at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Loewe was born in Munich, Bavaria. He was educated at the United World College of the Atlantic before attending St Peter's College, Oxford (BA 1995, MPhil 1997, MA 1999).
After further studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he was Gosden Lay Chaplain, Loewe submitted for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree which was awarded in 2001.
Loewe was ordained in 2001 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. After a curacy in Upton-cum-Chalvey from 2001 to 2004, he was appointed associate vicar of St Mary the Great and chaplain of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, positions he held from 2004 to 2009 while also serving as a senior member of the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.