Simon Robinson | |
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Dean of Truro | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Truro |
In office | January 2024 – present |
Predecessor | Roger Bush |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2013 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon Robinson 17 August 1967 |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater |
Simon Robinson (born 17 August 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2024, he has served as Dean of Truro.
Robinson was born on 17 August 1967 in Rugby and attended Lawrence Sheriff School. [1] He studied Education and Music at the University of Warwick between 1985 and 1989. He then worked as a teacher and headteacher of state schools in London and Bristol for 24 years, most recently serving as headteacher of Wendell Park Primary School, London, from 2001 and 2006 and as headteacher of Barton Hill Primary School, Bristol, from 2006 to 2013. [2] [3] He trained as a priest through the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme, served as a curate in the parish of Freshford, Limpley Stoke and Hinton Charterhouse in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, and was ordained as a priest in 2013. In 2015, he was appointed Vicar of Minehead. [4]
In October 2022, he was appointed Canon Missioner at Truro Cathedral and interim Dean of Truro. His substantive appointment as Dean was announced on 17 August 2023. [4] He was installed as Dean on 21 January 2024 by Hugh Nelson, the Bishop of St Germans. [5]
He is a member of the Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests, an Anglo-Catholic society. [2]