Jonathan Lean

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David Jonathan Rees Lean [1] (born 29 May 1952) retired as Dean of St David's in the autumn of 2017.

Lean was born in Fishguard [2] on 29 May 1952, educated at St David's University College, Lampeter, and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and ordained in 1976. [3] He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Tenby after which he was vicar of the grouped parishes of Llanrhian, Llanhowell and Llanrheithan [4] and then St Martin's, Haverfordwest. From 2000 until his appointment as deanery he was a canon residentiary at St David's Cathedral.

He appeared on ITV Cymru Wales' 2014 documentary Wales on a Bus Pass with Chris Segar, meeting Segar on the bus in Solva, before alighting at Saint David's City Hall and making his way back to work at St David's Cathedral.

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References

  1. BBC News – Pilgrims' progress for St David shrine
  2. St Davids Cathedral
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ISBN   0-7151-8088-6)
  4. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
Religious titles
Preceded by Dean of St David's
2009 2017
Succeeded by
Sarah Rowland Jones