Rogers Govender

The Very Reverend Rogers Govender
Dean of Manchester
Church	Church of England
Province	York
Diocese	Manchester
In office	2006–present
Predecessor	Ken Riley
Orders
Ordination	1985 (deacon) 1986 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Rogers Morgan Govender
Born	(1960-06-29) 29 June 1960 Durban, Province of Natal, South Africa
Alma mater	St Paul's College, Grahamstown University of Natal

Rogers Morgan Govender (born 29 June 1960) is a South African Anglican priest. Since 2006, he has been Dean of Manchester. He is a sixth generation South African and he was England's first black cathedral dean.

Early life

Govender was born on 29 June 1960 in Durban, Province of Natal, South Africa.^[1] He is a sixth generation South African of South Indian ancestry.^[2] In 1983, he entered St Paul's College, Grahamstown, an Anglican theological college, to train for ministry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.^[3]

Ordained ministry

Govender was ordained deacon in 1985 and priest in 1986.^[3] He was priest in charge at St Mary's Church, Greyville, Durban from 1988 until 1993 when he was transferred to St Matthew's Hayfields, Pietermaritzburg where he was rector and subsequently St Thomas's Musgrave Road. He graduated from the University of Natal with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1997.^[3] He emigrated to the United Kingdom in 2002 after 15 years of service in the Diocese of Natal.

On arrival in England, he was priest-in-charge of Christ Church, West Didsbury in South Manchester and Area Dean of Withington. In 2006 he was appointed Dean of Manchester.^[3] The Dean is based in Manchester, England and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral. At the time of his appointment was England's first black cathedral dean, and the third most senior black or Asian churchman in the Church of England. His aim is to accommodate people of all races in the inner city.

Govender filled in for Tom Hanks in a spoofed Da Vinci Code movie poster in 2006,^[4] to promote a "Da Vinci Code Mass" at the cathedral intended to address issues raised by the controversial book, and the movie based on it. The mass was inspired by a poll revealing that the book and movie may have undermined public trust in the Catholic Church.^[5]

Personal life

Rogers is married to Celia. Together, they have two children; Jonathan and Claire.^[2]

References

↑ Who's Who 2012 – GOVENDER, Rogers Morgan
1 2 "Black history in the making". BBC Manchester. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
1 2 3 4 "R M Govender". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 14 July 2015. (subscription required)
↑ Ekklesia (May 31, 2006). "Cathedral stages Da Vinci spoof". speroforum.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
↑ staff writers (16 May 2006). "Poll suggests Da Vinci code undermines trust in Catholic church". ekklesia.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

External links

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

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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