The Very Rev Robert Willis, DL

Career: ordained: deacon 1972, priest 1973; curate: St Chad's Shrewsbury 1972-75, vicar choral Salisbury Cathedral and chaplain to Cathedral Sch 1975-78, team rector Tisbury 1978-87, chaplain Cranborne Chase Sch and RAF Chilmark 1978-87, rural dean of Chalke 1982-87, vicar of Sherborne with Castleton and Lillington 1987-92, chaplain Sherborne Sch for Girls 1987-92, canon and prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral 1988-92, rural dean of Sherborne 1991-92, dean of Hereford 1992-2001, dean of Canterbury 2001-; proctor in convocation 1985-92 and 1994-; chm Deans' and Provosts' Conf 1999-2002, chm Deans' Conf 2002-; memb: Cncl Partnership for World Mission 1990-2001, C of E Liturgical Cmmn 1994-98, Cathedral Fabric Cmmn for England 1994-2006; memb Cncl Univ of Kent 2003-; govr: Cranborne Chase Sch 1985-87, Sherborne Sch 1987-92; chm of govrs: Hereford Cathedral Sch 1993-2001, King's Sch Canterbury 2001-; hon fell Canterbury Christ Church Univ 2004; sub dean Order of St John of Jerusalem 1999 (sub chaplain 1991); Freeman City of Canterbury 2008; Hon DD Yale Univ 2009, Hon DCL Univ of Kent 2011; FRSA 1993, FGCM 2006; KStJ 2009 (CStJ 2001)

Books and Publications: Hymns Ancient and Modern (contrib, 1983), The Choristers' Companion (jtly, 1989), Common Praise (contrib, 2000), New English Praise (contrib, 2006), Sing Praise (contrib, 2011)