16 responses to “General Convention Press Briefing”

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   kelvin

   19/07/2009

   People who run cathedrals in the Scottish Episcopal Church are called Provosts, in England and in the US and in much of the rest of the Anglican world they are called Deans.

   For a while, old cathedrals in England had Deans and new cathedrals had Provosts. They made them all deans a few years ago.

   In Scotland we also use the word Provost for the civic leader who would be called a Mayor in a lot of other places.

   Deans in Anglican Dioceses in Scotland are similar to Archdeacons in England or Canons to the Ordinary in the states.

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   susan s.

   20/07/2009

   Thanks… So is calling you a dean a forgivable sin? Is it a step up or down for a provost to become a dean?

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   kelvin

   20/07/2009

   Calling me a dean is an understadable mistake. If hierarchy matters, I rank behind the bishop and the dean at diocesan functions. I rank behind the bishop alone at cathedral functions.

   Usually I find that such hierarchical niceties have been worked out as a result of disputes of rather a long time ago.

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   susan s.

   20/07/2009

   Thanks, again. I enjoy reading your blog.

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   brad evans

   20/07/2009

   “Evangelical Faith, Apostolic Orders(?)-Increasingly Irrelevant Organization”

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   kelvin

   24/07/2009

   Bless you, Brad.

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