Dominic Barrington

Barrington was born in 1962.^[2] He studied at Hatfield College, Durham,^[1] graduating from Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984 and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1985.^[2] He trained for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college, graduating from the University of Oxford with a further BA in 1994.^[2] He then spent a year studying at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, graduating with a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) degree in 1995.^[2]

Barrington was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996.^[2] He served his curacy at St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake in the Diocese of Southwark between 1995 and 1998.^[2] He then returned to Durham University, his alma mater, as chaplain to St Chad's College, Durham.^[1][2] In 2003, he returned to parish ministry and was appointed priest-in-charge of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering with St Michael and All Angels in the Diocese of Peterborough.^[2] He was made the benefice's rector in 2010.^[1]

In March 2015, it was announced that he would be the next dean of St James Cathedral, Chicago, United States; it is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago.^[3] He was installed as the 8th dean of St James Cathedral during a service on 13 September 2015.^[4]

On 13 July 2022, he was announced as the next Dean of York, succeeding Jonathan Frost, thereby returning to England.^[1] He was installed as the 77th dean during a service held on 12 November 2022 at York Minster.^[5]