Peter Allan (priest)
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The Reverend Fr Peter Allan CR |
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| Principal of the College of the Resurrection | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Leeds |
| In office | 2011–present |
| Predecessor | Joseph Kennedy |
| Other posts | Monk of the Community of the Resurrection (1985–present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1975 (deacon) 1976 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 67–68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | None |
| Alma mater |
Wadham College, Oxford College of the Resurrection |
Peter George Allan CR (born 1950) is a British Anglican priest and monk. Since 2011, he has been Principal of the College of the Resurrection, an Anglo-Catholic theological college in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England.
Allan was born in 1950. He studied music at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1976. In 1972, he matriculated into the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, to study theology and train for ordination. He left the college after three years to be ordained into the Church of England.
Allan was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1975 and as a priest in 1976. From 1975 to 1978, he served his curacy at St Andrew's Church, Stevenage, an Anglo-Catholic parish in the Diocese of St Albans. Then, from 1978 to 1982, he was chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford, and a curate of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
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