Dominic Barrington | |
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Dean of York | |
![]() Barrington in 2023 | |
Church | Church of England |
In office | November 2022 to present |
Predecessor | Jonathan Frost |
Other post(s) | Dean of St James Cathedral, Chicago |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1995 (deacon) 1996 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | Dominic Matthew Jesse Barrington 1962 (age 62–63) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | Hatfield College, Durham Ripon College Cuddesdon Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Dominic Matthew Jesse Barrington (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2022, he has been Dean of York Minster, the cathedral of the Church of England's Diocese of York. [1] He had been dean of St James Cathedral, Chicago, in the Episcopal Church (United States), from 2015 to 2022.
Barrington was born in 1962. [2] He studied at Hatfield College, Durham, [1] graduating from Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984 and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1985. [2] He trained for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college, graduating from the University of Oxford with a further BA in 1994. [2] He then spend a year studying at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, graduating with a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) degree in 1995. [2]
Barrington was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996. [2] He served his curacy at St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake in the Diocese of Southwark between 1995 and 1998. [2] He then returned to Durham University, his alma mater, as chaplain to St Chad's College, Durham. [1] [2] In 2003, he returned to parish ministry and was appointed priest-in-charge of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering with St Michael and All Angels in the Diocese of Peterborough. [2] He was made the benefice's rector in 2010. [1]
In March 2015, it was announced that he would be the next dean of St James Cathedral, Chicago, United States; it is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. [3] He was installed as the 8th dean of St James Cathedral during a service on 13 September 2015. [4]
On 13 July 2022, he was announced as the next Dean of York, succeeding Jonathan Frost, thereby returning to England. [1] He was installed as the 77th dean during a service held on 12 November 2022 at York Minster. [5]