rural dean

In these cases he may be compared to our rural deans.

With such a name he should have been a cabinet minister, an admiral, or at least a rural dean.

This is the area for which a rural dean is responsible.

He was rural dean from 1869 to 1899.

For the enforcement of the moral law they developed the office of rural dean.

He acted as rural dean of Kensington from 1889 to 1892, and again from 1895 to 1902.

From 1902 to 1907 he was rural dean of the suburbs of Adelaide.

He was also Rural Dean of Chelsea from 1916 to 1920.

The office was revived in 1836 and the role of rural deans became more significant during the late 19th century.

Powerful men would not have their morals controlled by bishops, let alone rural deans.

From 1988 to 1997 he was Rural Dean of Eastbourne.

In 1887, he became rural dean of St Pancras.

In 1920 he was also appointed Rural Dean of Derby.

The rural dean is usually the incumbent of one of the constituent parishes.

He eventually accumulates 369 of them, except for the one his mother buries because she claims it looks too much like the rural dean.

Anna's husband, Peter, is the rural dean, serving as sole rector for several small parishes.

He became rural dean in 1693.

He was also appointed as be Rural Dean of Norwich in 1981.

He was appointed vicar of Kidderminster in 1867, and rural dean in the following year.

His last post was as Rural Dean of Reps.

Later he was Vicar of Egham then its rural dean.

Regional and rural deans have no special title, and generally hold the appointment on a rotating basis.

He then held two incumbencies in Middlesbrough and became the Rural Dean.

He also served as Rural Dean of Penwith from 1924 to 1927.

He was also rural dean.