Graeme Knowles

Not to be confused with Graham Knowles.

The Rt Revd Graeme Knowles
Dean of St Paul's
Diocese	Diocese of London
In Office	2007–2011
Predecessor	Revd John Moses
Successor	TBA
Other posts	Bishop of Sodor and Man 2003–2007 Dean of Carlisle 1999–2003 Archdeacon of Portsmouth 1993–1999
Orders
Ordination	1974 (deacon); 1975 (priest)^[1]
Consecration	4 December 2003^[2]
Personal details
Born	25 September 1951 (1951-09-25) (age 60) Woburn, Bedfordshire^[1]
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Stan & Grace^[1]
Spouse	Susan^[1]
Alma mater	King's College London

Graeme Paul Knowles (born 25 September 1951) was installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London on 1 October 2007 after Letters Patent were issued on 20 September 2007.^[3] He was previously Bishop of Sodor and Man between 2003 and 2007. He resigned on 1 November 2011 during the Occupy London protests.

Biography

Knowles was educated at Dunstable Grammar School and King's College London, spending his final year of theological studies at St Augustine's College, Canterbury.

Knowles served his curacy at St Peter-in-Thanet in Broadstairs, Kent from 1974 to 1979. From 1979 he was precentor and senior curate of Leeds Parish Church before moving to become precentor and a Canon Residentiary at Portsmouth Cathedral in 1981. He was also chaplain during his time at the cathedral and held the post of chapter clerk from 1985 to 1987. He became the vicar of Leigh Park in 1987, additionally taking on the role of Rural Dean of Havant from 1990. He was appointed Archdeacon of Portsmouth in 1993 and held the post until 1999.

Knowles was Dean of Carlisle from 1999^[4] until he moved to the Isle of Man as Bishop of Sodor and Man in 2003, replacing Noel Jones.^[5] He was consecrated a bishop by David Hope, Archbishop of York at York Minster on 4 December 2003 and installed at Peel Cathedral on 17 January 2004.^[2] He became Dean of St Paul's in 2007 in succession to John Moses who retired in 2006.^[6]

He resigned from St Paul's on 1 November 2011 following backlash against his Chapter's resolution to forcibly evict the Occupy London protesters from outside the cathedral^[7]

Knowles is also an honorary chaplain in the Royal Naval Reserve^[8] and a patron of the Burgon Society.^[9]

Styles

Mr Graeme Knowles (1951–1974)
The Revd Graeme Knowles (1974–1981)
The Revd Canon Graeme Knowles (1981–1993)
The Venerable Graeme Knowles (1993–1999)
The Very Revd Graeme Knowles (1999–2003)
The Rt Revd Graeme Knowles (2003–present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d City of London Festival – Graeme Knowles
^ ^a ^b IOM Today – Bishop's enthronement date set
^ London Gazette: no. 58459. p. 13909. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
^ London Gazette: no. 55351. p. 14037. 29 December 1998. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
^ London Gazette: no. 57108. p. 13821. 10 November 2003. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
^ http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page11333
^ BBC News – St Paul's Dean Graeme Knowles resigns over protests
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58752. p. 9835. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
^ http://www.burgon.org.uk/sub/news.php#patrons241109

Church of England titles
Preceded by Norman Crowder	Archdeacon of Portsmouth 1993–1999	Succeeded by Christopher Lowson
Preceded by Henry Stapleton	Dean of Carlisle 1993–2003	Succeeded by Mark Boyling
Preceded by Noel Jones	Bishop of Sodor and Man 2003–2007	Succeeded by Robert Paterson
Preceded by John Moses	Dean of St Paul's 2007–2011	Succeeded by TBA

Archdeacons of Portsmouth

Neville Lovett • Harold Rodgers • Harold Hyde-Lees • Arthur Kitching • Edward Roberts • Michael Peck • Geoffrey Tiarks • Christopher Prior • Ron Scruby • Norman Crowder • Graeme Knowles • Christopher Lowson

Deans of Carlisle

16th century	Lancelot Salkeld · Thomas Smith Snr · John Wooley · Christopher Perkins

17th century	Francis White · William Paterson · Thomas Comber · Guy Carleton · Thomas Smith Jnr · Thomas Musgrave · William Graham

18th century	Francis Atterby · George Smalridge · Thomas Gibson · Thomas Tullie · George Fleming · Robert Bolton · Charles Tarrent · Thomas Wilson · Thomas Percy · Jeffrey Ekins · Isaac Milner

19th century	Robert Hodgson · John Anthony Cramer · Samuel Hinds · Archibald Tait · Francis Close · John Oakley · William George Henderson

20th century	Charles Ridgeway · William Barker · Hastings Rashdall · Henry Venn Stuart · Cecil Henry Hamilton Cooper · Frederick William Matheson · William Cyril Mayne · Lionel Meiring Spafford du Toit · John Howard Churchill · Henry Edward Champneys Stapleton · Graeme Paul Knowles

21st century	Mark Christopher Boyling

Bishops of Sodor and Man

High Medieval	Roolwer • William • Wimund • John • Gamaliel • Reginald of Norway • Christian Orcadensis • Michael • Nicholas de Meaux • Reginald • John • Simon Orcadensis • Lawrence • Richard • Mark of Galloway

Late Medieval	Allen of Galloway • Gilbert McLelland • Bernard of Kilwinning • Thomas de Rossy • William Russell • John Dongan • Robert Waldby • Conrad • John Burghersh • John Seyr • Richard Pully • Robert Green • Thomas Burton • Thomas • Angus • Richard Oldham • Huan Hisketh

Early modern	Thomas Stanley • John Howden • Robert Ferrar • Henry Mann • Thomas Stanley • John Salisbury • James Stanley • John Merick • George Lloyd • John Phillips • William Forster • Richard Parr • Thomas Kirkham • Samuel Rutter • Isaac Barrow • Henry Bridgeman • John Lake • Baptist Levinz • Thomas Wilson • Mark Hiddesley • Richard Richmond • George Mason • Claudius Crigan

Late modern	George Murray • William Ward • James Bowstead • Henry Pepys • Thomas Short • Walter Shirley • The Lord Auckland • Horatio Powys • Rowley Hills • John Bardsley • Norman Straton • Thomas Drury • Denton Thompson • Charles Thornton-Duesbury • William Stanton Jones • John Taylor • Benjamin Pollard • Eric Gordon • Vernon Nicholls • Arthur Attwell • Noel Jones • Graeme Knowles • Robert Patterson

Deans of St Paul's

High Medieval	Wulman • Ranulf Flambard (disputed) • William de Mareni • Ralph de Langford • Hugh de Mareni • Ralph de Diceto • Alard de Burnham • Gervase de Howbridge • Robert de Watford • Martin de Pattishall • Geoffrey de Lucy • William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise • Henry de Cornhill • Walter de Salerne • Robert de Barton • Peter de Newport • Richard Talbot • John de Ebulo • Geoffrey de Fering • John Chishull • Hervey de Boreham • Thomas Ingoldsthorpe • Roger de La Legh • William de Montfort • Ralph Baldock

Late Medieval	Ralph Baldock • Arnald Frangerius de Cantilupo • John Sandale • Richard Newport • Roger de Northburgh • Vitalis de Testa • John de Everdon • Gilbert de Bruera • Richard de Kilvington • Walter de Alderbury • Thomas de Trillek • John de Appleby • Thomas de Eure • Thomas Stowe • Thomas More • Reginald Kentwood • Thomas Lisieux • Lawrence Booth • William Say • Roger Radclyffe • Thomas Wynterbourne • William Worsley

Early modern	Robert Sherborne • John Colet • Richard Pace • Richard Sampson • John Incent • William May • John Feckenham • Henry Cole • William May (again) • Alexander Nowell • John Overall • Valentine Cary • John Donne • Thomas Winniffe • Richard Steward • Matthew Nicholas • John Barwick • William Sancroft • Edward Stillingfleet • John Tillotson • William Sherlock • Henry Godolphin • Francis Hare • Joseph Butler • Thomas Secker • John Hume • Frederick Cornwallis • Thomas Newton • Thomas Thurlow • George Pretyman

Late modern	George Pretyman Tomline • William Van Mildert • Charles Sumner • Edward Copleston • Henry Milman • Henry Mansel • Richard Church • Robert Gregory • William Inge • Walter Matthews • Martin Sullivan • Alan Webster • Thomas Evans • John Moses • Graeme Knowles

Persondata
Name	Knowles, Graeme
Alternative names
Short description	Dean of St Paul's; Bishop of Sodor and Man; Dean of Carlisle
Date of birth	25 September 1951
Place of birth	Woburn, Bedfordshire
Date of death
Place of death