Robert Willis (priest)

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Robert Andrew Willis (born 17 May 1947) is an Anglican priest, theologian and music composer.^[1] Willis was ordained as a priest in the Church of England. He was the Dean of Hereford before becoming the Dean of Canterbury in 2001.^[2]

Willis is a graduate of Warwick University and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He is the present Chairman of the Deans' and Provosts' Conference of the Church of England and has been a member of the General Synod since 1996.^[3]

Willis is an accomplished pianist and opera enthusiast as well as being a keen tennis player and traveller. He is the writer of several hymns. He is a passionate cat owner.

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Peter Haynes	Dean of Hereford 1992 – 2000	Succeeded by Michael Edward Tavinor
Preceded by John Arthur Simpson	Dean of Canterbury 2001 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

v t e Deans of Canterbury

Early modern	Nicholas Wotton Thomas Godwin Richard Rogers Thomas Nevile Charles Fotherby John Boys Isaac Bargrave George Aglionby Thomas Turner John Tillotson John Sharp George Hooper George Stanhope Elias Sydall John Lynch William Freind John Potter Brownlow North John Moore The Hon James Cornwallis George Horne William Buller Folliott Cornewall

Late modern	Thomas Powys Gerrard Andrewes Hugh Percy Richard Bagot William Lyall Henry Alford Robert Payne Smith Frederic Farrar Henry Wace George Bell Dick Sheppard Hewlett Johnson Ian White-Thomson Victor de Waal John Simpson Robert Willis

v t e Deans of Hereford

High Medieval	Ralph Geoffrey Richard Hugh de Breusa Hugh de Mapenor Henry Thomas de Bosebir Ralph de Maidstone Stephen Thorne Ancelin/Anselm Giles de Avenbury John de Aqua-Blanca

Late Medieval	Stephen de Ledebury Thomas Trilleck William de Feriby William Bermingham John de Middleton John Harold John Prophet Thomas Felde John Bagshaw John Stanwey Henry Shelford John Berew Richard Pede Thomas Chaundler Oliver King John Hervey

Early modern	Reginald West Thomas Wolsey Edmund Frowcester Gamaliel Clifton Hugh Curwen Edmund Daniel John Ellis John Watkins Charles Langford Edward Doughtie Richard Montagu Oliver Lloyd Silvanus Griffiths Daniel Price John Richardson Jonathan Brown Herbert Croft Thomas Hodges George Benson John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Edward Cresset Edmund Castle John Egerton Francis Webber Nathan Wetherell

Late modern	William Leigh George Grelton Robert Carr Edward Mellish Edward Grey John Merewether Richard Dawes George Herbert Wentworth Leigh Reginald Waterfield Hedley Burrows Robert Price Norman Rathbone Peter Haynes Robert Willis Michael Tavinor

Persondata
Name	Willis, Robert Andrew
Alternative names	Very Rev Robert Willis
Short description	Dean of Canterbury
Date of birth	17 May 1947
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