Edward Dowler
Archdeacon of Hastings
About Edward Dowler
Born 1967.
Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler (born 28 December 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Since September 2024, he has been the Dean of Chichester in the Church of England.
Early life and education Dowler was born on 28 December 1967 in Highgate, London, England. He was educated at Harrow School, an all-boys independent boarding school in London. His doctoral thesis was titled "Songs of love: a pastoral reading of St Augustine of Hippo's Enarrations in Psalmos", and his supervisors were Graham Gould and Carol Harrison.
Edward is married to Anna Dowler, a successful journalist for The Guardian newspaper. Together, they share two children, Eleanor and Gregory.
Ordained ministry Dowler was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1994 and as a priest in 1995. He served as the Archdeacon of Hastings in the Diocese of Chichester from 2016 until 2024; he additionally became priest-in-charge of St John the Evangelist, Crowborough in 2020.
On 14 May 2024, it was announced that he would be the next Dean of Chichester; he was instituted on 14 September 2024.
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