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Joanne Kelly-Moore (born 1968)[1] is a New Zealand Anglican priest who has been the Dean of St Albans[2] since 2021.[3] She was previously the Dean of Auckland in the Anglican Church of New Zealand from 2010 to 2017,[4] and then Archdeacon of Canterbury in the Church of England.[5]
Jo Kelly-Moore | |
|---|---|
| Dean of St Albans | |
.jpg) Kelly-Moore in 2019 | |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Albans |
| In office | 4 December 2021 – present |
| Predecessor | Jeffrey John |
| Other post(s) | Dean of Auckland & Deputy Vicar-General (2010–2017) Archdeacon of Canterbury & Canon Residentiary, Canterbury Cathedral (2017–2021) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2000 (deacon); 2001 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Paul |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Priest, solicitor (former) |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
She was born in Wellington in 1968.[6] She was educated at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degrees.[1] She is married to Paul and they have two children. Before training for the ministry, Kelly-Moore practised as a solicitor in New Zealand and in London.[7]
After leaving her legal career, Kelly-Moore studied theology at the Bible College of New Zealand, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1999.[2][8] She then undertook further training for ordained ministry at St John's College, Auckland, the theological college of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[2] She was made deacon in 2000 and ordained priest in 2001.[8] She served first as assistant curate at St Aidan's Remuera until 2004, when she became its vicar;[1] in Remuera she was additionally chaplain to Corran School for Girls.[7] In August 2010,[5] she was installed as Dean of Auckland[1] (lead priest at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland). During her time as dean, she oversaw the completion of the cathedral church building[5] and was also deputy vicar-general of the diocese.[7] She served on the general synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and on that synod's standing committee.[5]
On 11 September 2016, it was announced that Kelly-Moore was to become Archdeacon of Canterbury (and a canon residentiary of Canterbury Cathedral, the worldwide mother church of Anglicanism), in the United Kingdom.[5] She was collated on 22 January 2017,[7] becoming also a canon of the cathedral.[9] The cathedral uses "vice dean" not of one particular appointee, but to refer to the canon in residence for each month.[10]
On 6 September 2021, it was announced that Kelly-Moore was to become Dean of St Albans, the clerk primus inter pares at St Albans Cathedral, late in 2021.[11] She was installed on 4 December 2021.[3]
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