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Youings studied biological sciences at Exeter University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1986. [5] [6] He then undertook a PhD in yeast physiology at the University of Bath. [3] His doctoral thesis was completed in 1990 and was titled "Anaerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with respect to uptake of cholesterol and cider fermentation". [7] From 1993 to 1996, he studied theology and trained for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. [3] [5]
He was ordained deacon in 1996, and priest in 1997. After curacies in Dorking and Croydon [8] he was the Rector of Trull from 2005 to 2017, and Rural Dean of Taunton from 2015 to 2017. [9]
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