Philip Buckler

The Very Reverend Philip John Warr Buckler, MA (born 1949) is the current Dean of Lincoln; a post he has held since 2006.

Education

Buckler was educated at Highgate School and St Peter's College, Oxford before training for the priesthood at Cuddesdon College, Oxford.

From 1972 to 1975, Buckler was curate at Bushey Heath in St Albans. He then became Chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1975 to 1981. In 1981, he moved to St Paul's Cathedral to become Minor Canon and Sacrist; a post he held until 1986.

Buckler was appointed Vicar of Hampstead in 1987, and he was also Area Dean of North Camden between 1993 and 1998. He became Canon Residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral in 1999, before becoming Canon Treasurer in 2000.

On 26 September 2006, it was announced that Buckler was to be the new Dean of Lincoln.^[1]

^ Queen appoints new Dean of Lincoln (2006), 10 Downing Street, London, http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page10124.asp

Deans of Lincoln since 1908

Edward Charles Wickham • Thomas Charles Fry • Robert Andrew Mitchell • David Colin Dunlop • Michael David Saville Peck • Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes • Brandon Donald Jackson • Alexander Francis Knight • Philip John Warr Buckler •

Office holders in the Diocese of Lincoln

The Bishop of Lincoln • The Bishop of Grantham • The Bishop of Grimsby • The Dean of Lincoln • The Archdeacon of Lincoln The Archdeacon of Lindsey The Archdeacon of Stow