The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn SCP |
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Dean of Southwark | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Southwark |
In office | 2012–present |
Other posts | Sub Dean of Southwark Cathedral (1999–2012) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1983 (deacon) 1984 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Andrew Peter Nunn |
Born |
Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, England |
30 July 1957
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater |
Leicester Polytechnic Leeds University College of the Resurrection, Mirfield |
Andrew Peter Nunn, SCP (born 30 July 1957) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2012, he has been the Dean of Southwark in the Church of England.
Nunn was born on 30 July 1957 in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire. From 1975 to 1979, he studied public administration at Leicester Polytechnic, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA (Hons)) degree. He then worked for a year as a rent collector for the Housing Department of Wellingborough Borough Council in Northamptonshire.
In 1980, he entered the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, to train for ordination. During this time, he also studied theology and religious studies at the University of Leeds and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1982.
Nunn was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 during a service at Ripon Cathedral. He was ordained a priest in 1984. Between 1983 and 1987, he served his curacy at St James the Great, Manston, Leeds. He was then chaplain of Agnes Stewart Church of England High School and curate then vicar at (All Saints') Richmond Hill.