Deanery

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For Deaneries in the UK National Health Service, see Deanery (NHS).

In the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, a deanery is a collection of parishes within an archdeaconry. The more formal name, rural deanery, is less often used.

The deanery is presided over by the rural dean.

The deanery synod has a membership of all clergy who are licensed to a parish within the deanery, plus elected lay members from every parish.

The term Deanery is also used to apply to the ecclesiastical districts of Jersey and Guernsey, which are Royal Peculiars and whose Deans hold a status more equivalent to an Archdeacon than a rural dean.

[edit] See also

• Deanery of Alresford
• Deanery Gardens, Sonning

[edit] References

• MacMorran K. M. and Briden T. A Handbook for Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councillors, Continuum (2001) ISBN 0-8264-6308-8