Christopher Hancock (priest)

Christopher David Hancock (born 18 February 1954) is an Anglican priest and Academic.^[1]
Educated at Highgate School and The Queen's College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1982.^[2] He was Curate at Holy Trinity with St John, Leicester and then Chaplain at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was Associate professor at Virginia Theological Seminary and then Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge from 1994 to 2002 when he became Dean of Bradford, a post he held for two years. After this he was Director for the Centre for the Study of Christianity in China at King's College London and then Director of the Institute for Religion and Society in Asia.^[3] He is currently chaplain of St Peter's College Oxford and Chairman of Oxford House Research.^[4]

Notes

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Richardson	Dean of Bradford 2002–2004	Succeeded by David Ison

Provosts and Deans of Bradford

Provosts	Cecil Wilson Edward Mowll John Tiarks Alan Cooper Brandon Jackson John Richardson (became Dean)

Deans	John Richardson Christopher Hancock David Ison Andy Williams (acting)

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds

Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield James Bell, Bishop of Ripon Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford

Other bishops	Paul Slater, Bishop of Richmond (assistant area bishop, Leeds Episcopal Area & assistant to the diocesan) AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield

Deans	Jonathan Greener, Dean of Wakefield (presiding dean) Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford John Dobson, Dean of Ripon

Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Beverley Mason, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Arani Sen, Acting Archdeacon of Leeds Paul Ayers, Archdeacon-designate of Leeds

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishop of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999)
diocesan Bishop of Wakefield (1888–2014)
diocesan Bishop of Bradford (1919–2014)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

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