Joe Hawes

Joseph Patricius Hawes (born 1965) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2018, he has been the Dean of St Edmundsbury. From 2003 to 2018, he was Vicar of All Saints Church, Fulham in the Diocese of London. His early parish ministry was spent in the Diocese of Southwark.

Early life and education Hawes was born in 1965 and brought up in Hampstead, London, England. He studied English at St Chad's College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987. From 1996 to 1997, he was priest in charge of St Michael and All Angels Church, Barnes. During his time at All Saints, he grew the congregation to more than 500 people each Sunday. In 2011, he was additionally made an honorary canon of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Gaborone, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Botswana.

Views Hawes belongs to the Liberal Catholic tradition of the Church of England. In February 2012, he signed an open letter that stated the following:

Personal life Hawes, who is gay, met his partner Chris Eyden while training at St Stephen's House, Oxford. and who moved to Suffolk in 2019 to become interim parish priest of Haverhill with Withersfield and a formation adviser.