The Very Rev George Nairn-Briggs, DL, AKC

Career: local authy housing 1963-64, press offr MAFF 1964-66; ordained: deacon 1970, priest 1971; curate: St Laurence Catford 1970-73, St Saviour Raynes Park 1973-75; vicar: Christ the King Salfords 1975-81, St Peter St Helier 1981-87; Bishop's advsr for social responsibility Wakefield 1987-97, canon residentiary Wakefield Cathedral 1992-97, provost of Wakefield 1997-2000, dean of Wakefield 2000-07, emeritus dean 2007-; dep prolocutor Convocation of York 1995-2006; memb Gen Synod C of E 1980-2007 (memb Bd for Social Responsibility 1985-2001, memb Panel of Chm 1997-2004), memb C of E Marriage Law Working Gp 2003-07; chm Churches Regnl Cmmn for Yorkshire and the Humber 1998-2002, memb Exec Assoc of English Cathedrals 2000-07, church cmmr 2004-07; memb: Wakefield City Centre Partnership 1995-2006, Wakefield Standards Ctee 1999- (ind chair 2004), Wakefield Local Strategic Partnership 2001-03, Yorks Regnl Cultural Consortium 2002-07, Mid-Yorks Hosp Tst Bd 2002-04; fndn govr Cathedral Sch 1997-2007, govr Bretton Hall Coll 1999-2001, govr Wakefield Coll 2002-06; chm various local charitable trusts; Freeman City of Wakefield

Books and Publications: Love in Action (1986), Serving Two Masters (1988), It Happens in the Family (1992)