The Very Rev. Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury
Recorded Live:
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, 9:30 am PST
G U E S T :
- The Very Reverend Robert Willis,
Dean of Canterbury Cathedral
Moderated by :
Canon Pastor Mary Haddad
of Grace Cathedral
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About the Program:
The Very Reverend Robert Willis has been Dean of Canterbury Cathedral since 2001. Born in 1947, he was educated at Warwick University, Worcester College, Oxford and Cuddesdon College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1972 and served in Shrewsbury, Salisbury Cathedral, Tisbury and Sherbourne Abbey where he was also made a non-residentary canon of Salisbury Cathedral. In 1992 he was made Dean of Hereford.
The Very Reverend Willis is Chairman of the Conference of the Deans of the English Cathedrals and also member of the Cathedrals’ Fabric Commission of England, the body which regulates the conservation of cathedrals and encourages creative works of art within them. As well as being Dean of Canterbury, he is Chairman of Governors, King’s School, Canterbury.
He is an accomplished pianist and lover of opera as well as a keen tennis player and traveler; he is also a composer of hymns.