Robert Waddington

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The Very Reverend Robert Murray Waddington MA
Dean of Manchester
In office 1984–1993
Personal details
Born	(1927-10-24)October 24, 1927 Bognor Regis
Died	March 15, 2007(2007-03-15) (aged 79) Bognor Regis
Nationality	British
Religion	Church of England

Robert Murray Waddington (24 October 1927-15 March 2007<ref name=The Times>Obituary, The Times, 26 March 2007</ref>) was Dean of Manchester in the last quarter of the 20th century.

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Robert Waddington from his obituary at The Whitehaven News

Born in Bognor Regis^[1] on 24 October 1927,^[2] he was educated at Dulwich College, Selwyn College, Cambridge and Ely Theological College.^[3] Ordained in 1954,^[4] he began his career at St John’s, Bethnal Green.^[5] Afterwards he was Chaplain at Slade School in Warwick, Queensland. He returned to England in 1959 to join the Oratory of the Good Shepherd, an order of celibate priests. After 18 months, he returned to Australia to become Headmaster of St. Barnabas School, Ravenshoe, where he remained nine years.^[3] Returning to England in 1971 he was at Oxford University's Department of Education^[3] before becoming a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral and Bishop’s Adviser for Education then General Secretary of the National Society ^[6] until his elevation to the Deanery. He was Superior of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd from 1987 until 1990.^[3] He died in his home town on 15 March 2007.

In April 2013, it was revealed that allegations of child sexual abuse were made against Waddington in 1999 and 2003, resulting in his right to officiate services being removed by then-Archbishop of York David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes.^[7]

Notes

↑ Independent obituary
↑ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P 1992, London, Debrett's ISBN 1-870520-09-2
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "The Very Reverend Robert Waddington". Obituary. The Telegraph. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Church web-site
↑ Who’s Who London, A & C Black,1992 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
↑ Batty, David (10 May 2013). "Church of England facing new child abuse allegations". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Alfred Jowett	Dean of Manchester 1984 – 1993	Succeeded by Kenneth Joseph Riley

v t e Deans of Manchester

William Herbert George Bowers Benjamin Cowie John Oakley Edward Maclure James Welldon William Swayne Gough McCormick Hewlett Johnson Garfield Williams Leonard Wilson Herbert Jones Alfred Jowett Robert Waddington Ken Riley Rogers Govender

v t e Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker The Bishop suffragan of Bolton, Chris Edmondson The Bishop suffragan of Middleton, Mark Davies AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender The Archdeacon of Rochdale, Cherry Vann The Archdeacon of Bolton, David Bailey The Archdeacon of Manchester, Mark Ashcroft The Archdeacon of Salford, David Sharples

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

Persondata
Name	Waddington, Robert Murray
Alternative names
Short description	Dean of Manchester
Date of birth	1927
Place of birth
Date of death	2007
Place of death

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