Peter Howell-Jones
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The Very Reverend Peter Howell-Jones |
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| Dean of Blackburn | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Blackburn |
| Other posts | Vice-Dean of Chester Cathedral (25 September 2011 – 2017) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 54–55) Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Sian |
| Children | Four |
| Education | Hillfoot Hey High School |
| Alma mater |
Huddersfield Polytechnic Bretton Hall College St John's College, Nottingham |
Peter Howell-Jones (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest. He has been the Dean of Blackburn since his installation at Blackburn Cathedral on 25 March 2017. He was previously vice-dean and a residentiary canon of Chester Cathedral since 2011.
Howell-Jones was born in 1962 in Liverpool, England. He was educated at Hillfoot Hey High School, a comprehensive school in Liverpool. He trained as a singer and conductor at the School of Music of Huddersfield Polytechnic, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree in 1984. He then undertook teacher training at Bretton Hall College, and completed his Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in 1985.
Having graduated from university and completed his teacher training, Howell-Jones worked as a music teacher. He then worked as an "impresario for a leading music tour operator".
In 1990, Howell-Jones entered St John's College, Nottingham, an open evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry and to study theology. He completed him training in 1993, and left the college to begin his curacy. He continued his studies on a part-time basis and graduated from St John's College, Nottingham with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1996.
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