Philip Plyming
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Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Claygate (2006–2017)
2002 (priest)
Philip Plyming | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Durham | |
| Diocese | Durham |
| In office | 2023 to present |
| Previous post(s) | Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham (2017–2023) Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Claygate (2006–2017) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2001 (deacon) 2002 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philip James John Plyming 1974 (age 50–51) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | Robinson College, Cambridge Cranmer Hall, Durham St John's College, Durham University of Edinburgh |
Philip James John Plyming (born 1974) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2023, he has been Dean of Durham. From May 2017, he was Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham, an open evangelical Church of England theological college;[1] and previously, from 2006 to 2017, he was the Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Claygate in the Diocese of Guildford.[2]
Plyming was born in 1974.[2] As a child, he attended an Anglo-Catholic church but "came to a personal faith in Christ" while he was at university.[3] He studied German and Russian at Robinson College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.[2][4] He then worked as a linguist.[1] In 1998, he entered Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Open Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry.[2] During this time, he also studied theology at St John's College, Durham, graduating with a first class BA degree in 2000.[2][1]
Plyming later undertook postgraduate research at the University of Edinburgh, and he completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2008.[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "Transforming news: a theoretical and critical analysis of contemporary Christian news handling in the light of the Apostle Paul's Corinthian hardship narratives".[5]