Andrew Braddock (priest)

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Andrew Braddock
Dean of Norwich
Church Church of England
Diocese Norwich
In officeJanuary 2023 – present
Predecessor Jane Hedges
Orders
Ordination1998 (deacon)
1999 (priest)
Personal details
Born
Andrew Jonathan Braddock

(1971-03-25) 25 March 1971 (age 54)
Denomination Anglicanism
Alma mater

Andrew Jonathan Braddock (born 25 March 1971) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2023, he has served as Dean of Norwich.

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Life and career

Braddock was born on 25 March 1971 in Macclesfield, and was educated at Stockport Grammar School, leaving the school in 1989. [1] [2] He studied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1992, and was trained at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained as a deacon in 1998 and as a priest in 1999, serving as a curate in the parishes of Ranworth with Panxworth, Woodbastwick, South Walsham, and Upton in the Diocese of Norwich. In 2001, he became Rector of Cringleford and Colney, and in 2004 took the additional role of Rural Dean of Humbleyard. [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 2008, he became Diocesan Missioner in the Diocese of Gloucester, becoming Canon Missioner of Gloucester Cathedral and Diocesan Director of Mission and Ministry in 2013. He was then made interim Dean of Gloucester in April 2022. [6] [3] [5] [4] [2]

After his appointment as Dean of Norwich was announced on 6 September 2022, [5] [4] he was installed on 28 January 2023. [7] [3]

As well as serving as a priest, he has carried out academic work on the history of the Anglican church. In 2010, he published a book, The Role of the Book of Common Prayer in the Formation of Modern Anglican Church Identity: A Study of English Parochial Worship, 1750-1850. [8] In 2013, he was awarded a PhD at the University of Cambridge, with a thesis examining the role of liturgy and worship in shaping the Church of England's identity during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. [2] [9] [10] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) in 2023. [11] [12]

Personal life

Braddock is married and has two children. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Revd Canon Dr Andrew Braddock (OS 1989) is to become the 40th Dean of Norwich". Stockport Grammar Community. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Braddock, Very Rev. Dr Andrew Jonathan" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wyllie, Sophie (29 January 2023), "Norwich Cathedral welcomes the 40th Dean of Norwich", Norwich Evening News, archived from the original on 17 July 2025, retrieved 17 July 2025
  4. 1 2 3 Morris, Keith (7 September 2022), "Returning priest named as new Dean of Norwich", Network Norfolk, retrieved 17 July 2025
  5. 1 2 3 "New Dean at Norwich", The Association of English Cathedrals, 6 September 2022, retrieved 17 July 2025
  6. "Appointment of Dean of Norwich: 6 September 2022". UK Government. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. "New Dean of Norwich installed at special service". Church of England Diocese of Norwich. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. Kilcrease, Bethany. "Review: The Role of the Book of Common Prayer in the Formation of Modern Anglican Identity: A Study of English Parochial Worship by Andrew Braddock". Anglican and Episcopal History. 82: 89-90.
  9. Savin-Baden, Maggi; Reader, John, eds. (2022). Postdigital Theologies. Springer Nature. p. xxvii.
  10. Sidney Sussex College 2013 Annual. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. 2013. p. 216.
  11. "Society elects 255 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members". Royal Historical Society. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  12. "List of Current Fellows" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. March 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Norwich
2023–
incumbent