Jonathan Draper

The Very Reverend Jonathan Draper
Dean of Exeter
Draper (right) and Ann Pettifor in York Minster in 2000
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	3 March 2012–present
Predecessor	Jonathan Meyrick
Other posts	Canon Theologian, York Minster (2000–2012)
Orders
Ordination	1983 (deacon) 1984 (priest)
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 64–65) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American and/or British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Maggie (m. 1979)
Children	Three
Profession	Clergyman and theologian
Alma mater	Gordon College, Massachusetts St John's College, Durham

Jonathan Lee Draper (born 1952) is an American Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. Since 2012, he has been the Dean of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter.

Draper was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He studied at Gordon College, a Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976. He then moved to England, and studied at St John's College, Durham. He graduated from the University of Durham with a further BA degree in 1978.

Draper entered Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college near Oxford, to train for ordination. He completed his training in 1983. During this time, he also studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at St John's College, Durham, which he completed in 1984. His doctoral thesis was titled "The place of the Bible in the theology of Albrecht Ritschl with special reference to Christology and the Kingdom of God".

Draper was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 and as a priest in 1984. From 1983 to 1985, he served his curacy at St John the Divine, Brooklands, in the Diocese of Manchester. Between 1985 and 1992, he was Director of Academic Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college where he himself trained for ordination. He also worked as a lecturer in theology at the University of Oxford.