Ken Riley (priest)

The Very Reverend Kenneth Joseph Riley OBE,^[1] BA

Dean of Manchester
In office 1993–2005
Personal details
Nationality	British
Religion	Church of England

Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Riley OBE was the Dean of Manchester in the last decade of the 20th century and the first of the 21st.^[2]
Born on 25 June 1940 he was educated at Aberystwyth University and Linacre College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1965 and began his ministry as a curate at Emmanuel Church, Fazakerley.^[3] After this he was chaplain at Brasted Place College,^[4] then Oundle School and finally Liverpool University. From 1987 to 1993 he was precentor at Liverpool Cathedral when he was elevated to the deanery.^[5] He was awarded an OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours List and retired in 2005.^[6]

Notes

↑ Telegraph on-line
↑ Debretts
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
↑ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ National Archives
↑ flickr

Church of England titles
Preceded by Robert Murray Waddington	Dean of Manchester 1993 – 2005	Succeeded by Rogers Morgan Govender

Deans of Manchester

William Herbert George Bowers Benjamin Cowie John Oakley Edward Maclure James Welldon William Swayne Gough McCormick Hewlett Johnson Garfield Williams Leonard Wilson Herbert Jones Alfred Jowett Robert Waddington Ken Riley Rogers Govender

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	David Walker, Bishop of Manchester Chris Edmondson, Bishop suffragan of Bolton Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale David Bailey, Archdeacon of Bolton Mark Ashcroft, Archdeacon of Manchester David Sharples, Archdeacon of Salford

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

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