Ken Riley (priest)

Kenneth Joseph Riley, OBE (born 25 June 1940) was the Dean of Manchester in the last decade of the 20th century and the first of the 21st.[2]

The Very Reverend
Kenneth Joseph Riley
OBE,[1] BA
Dean of Manchester
In office
1993–2005
Personal details
Born (1940-06-25) 25 June 1940
NationalityBritish

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 appointed an OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours List and retired in 2005.[6]

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