Rogers Govender

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Rogers Morgan Govender (born 29 June 1960)^[1] is the current Dean of Manchester.

Life and career

Rogers Govender was born in Durban in Natal and ordained in 1985. He was priest in charge at St Mary's Church, Greyville, Durban from 1988 until 1993 when he was transferreed to St Matthew's Hayfields, Pietermaritzburg where he was rector and subsequently St Thomas's Musgrave Road before emigrating to the United Kingdom in 2002 after 15 years of service in the Diocese of Natal. On arrival in England, he was priest-in-charge of Christ Church, West Didsbury in South Manchester and Area Dean of Withington. Rogers is a sixth generation South African, and at the time of his appointment was England's first black cathedral dean, and the third most senior black or Asian churchman in the Church of England. His aim is to accommodate people of all races in the inner city.

Family

His wife Celia is the administrator of the central Manchester City Learning Centre, and they have two children, Jonathan and Claire. The centre has a role in education, visiting schools and hosting events connecting contemporary culture with the Christian faith.

News items

Rogers filled in for Tom Hanks in a Spoofed Da Vinci Code Movie Poster in 2006,^[2] to promote a "Da Vinci Code Mass" at the cathedral intended to address issues raised by the controversial book, and the movie based on it. The mass was inspired by a poll revealing that the book and movie may have undermined public trust in the Catholic Church.^[3]

References

↑ Who's Who 2012 – GOVENDER, Rogers Morgan
↑ Ekklesia (May 31, 2006). "Cathedral stages Da Vinci spoof". speroforum.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
↑ staff writers (16 May 2006). "Poll suggests Da Vinci code undermines trust in Catholic church". ekklesia.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

External links

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)

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Name	Govender, Rogers Morgan
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Short description	Dean of Manchester
Date of birth	29 June 1960
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