David Frayne
English Anglican priest (1934–2025)
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David Frayne (19 October 1934 – 15 September 2025) was an English Anglican priest and Provost of Blackburn Cathedral.[1][2]
Biography
Frayne was born on 19 October 1934. He was educated at Reigate Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and ordained in 1961.[3] He was Curate at St Michael, East Wickham. Then Priest in charge of St Barnabas, Downham.[4] Frayne held incumbencies at The Barn Church, Kew,[5] Caterham, St Mary Redcliffe with St John the Baptist Bedminster, Bristol,[6] before he was appointed Provost of Blackburn in December 1992.
He retired in September 2001 as dean following the reclassification of all provosts the previous year.[7][8][9]
Frayne died after a short illness at Southmead Hospital, on 15 September 2025, at the age of 91.[10]
