Life and career
Edwards was born on 5 July 1972 in Shrewsbury. He attended Darland High School and Yale College, Wrexham. [1] He was educated at Lancaster University and Anglia Ruskin University, and trained at Westcott House, Cambridge. [1] [2] He served as a curate in the parish of Colwyn Bay in the Diocese of St Asaph, and was ordained priest in 1997. In 1999, he became Priest-in-Charge of Bryn-y-Maen. In 2002, he became Priest-in-Charge at St Agnes' Church, Longsight, in the Diocese of Manchester. [a] In 2012, he became Team Rector of Wythenshawe, additionally becoming Area Dean of Withington in 2013. [2]
In 2016 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Practical Theology at the University of Manchester. [1] His thesis, titled "A Critical Exploration of the Ministry of a White Priest within a Black-Majority Congregation", reflects on his ministry at St Agnes', Longsight. [3]
In 2019, he was appointed Residentiary Canon at Worcester Cathedral, becoming Vice-Dean in 2021, and was appointed interim Dean of Worcester on the retirement of Peter Atkinson in 2023. His permanent appointment as Dean was then announced on 17 June 2024. [2] He was installed as Dean on 15 September. [4]
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