Jeffrey John
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The Very Reverend Jeffrey John |
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| Dean of St Albans | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Albans |
| In office | 2 July 2004 – present |
| Predecessor | Christopher Lewis |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1978 (deacon) 1979 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Jeffrey Philip Hywel John |
| Born |
10 February 1953 Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Partner | Grant Holmes |
| Alma mater | |
Jeffrey Philip Hywel John (born 10 February 1953) is a Church of England priest, who has served as the Dean of St Albans since 2004. 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. Owing to the consequent controversy it was claimed he had withdrawn his acceptance of the nomination. In the years since, he has reportedly been considered for at least seven diocesan bishoprics across England, Wales and the Isle of Man.
John was born in Tonyrefail in South Wales in 1953. He studied at Tonyrefail Grammar and at Hertford College, Oxford, where he gained a first in classics and modern languages in 1975. He subsequently studied theology at St Stephen's House, Oxford, and obtained second-class honours.
John was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1978 and as a priest in 1979. After a curacy in Penarth he returned to Oxford in 1980 to study for a doctorate in Pauline theology. He became chaplain at Brasenose College. In 1984, he was appointed Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1991 he was one of the founder members of Affirming Catholicism, a group promoting Catholicism within the Anglican tradition. He is also a trustee of the organisation. He also supported the campaign for the ordination of women. From 1991 he was the vicar of Holy Trinity, Eltham, (in the Diocese of Southwark) in south London. In 1997 he became Canon Chancellor and Theologian of Southwark Cathedral.
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