Bob Cooper (priest)
British Archdeacon
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Robert Gerard "Bob" Cooper (born 26 July 1968)[1] is the Dean of Guildford, an honorary canon of Durham Cathedral and a canon of Musoma Cathedral in Mara, Tanzania; he was previously Archdeacon of Sunderland from 2018.[3][4][5]
Bob Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Guildford | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Guildford |
| In office | 2025 – present |
| Predecessor | Dianna Gwilliams |
| Previous post | Archdeacon of Sunderland (2018–2025) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Gerard Cooper 26 July 1968 |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse |
Katherine (m. 1991) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Blue Coat School, Oldham |
| Alma mater | UCW Aberystwyth, Lincoln Theological College, University of Nottingham |
He was formerly Area Dean of Pontefract and Vicar of St Giles' Church, Pontefract.[6]
He held parish ministry positions in the former Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield (now the Diocese of Leeds) and was a school chaplain in Leeds before spending a year as a chaplain in a school in Essex. He has been visiting Mara, Tanzania since 2000.
He was elected to General Synod of the Church of England by the Diocese of Leeds.[7][8][9][10]
On 3 October 2024, it was announced that Cooper was to become the next Dean of Guildford on 26 January 2025; as such he is the primus inter pares (first among equals) of the clergy at Guildford Cathedral, the mother church of the Diocese of Guildford.[11][12][13]