The Very Rev Michael Sadgrove, Dean of Durham

Foretitle(s): Very Rev
Surname: SADGROVE
Style: The Very Rev Michael Sadgrove, Dean of Durham
Recreations: music, the arts, poetry and classical literature, walking the north-east of England, railways and trams, travels in Burgundy, European issues, photography

Career: ordained: deacon 1975, priest 1976; licensed to officiate Rural Deanery of Cowley 1975-77; Salisbury and Wells Theol Coll: lectr in Old Testament studies 1977-82, vice-princ 1980-82; hon vicar-choral Salisbury Cathedral 1978-82, vicar Alnwick Northumberland 1982-87, canon residentiary, precentor and vice-provost Coventry Cathedral 1987-95, provost of Sheffield 1995-2000, dean of Sheffield 2000-03, dean of Durham 2003-; memb Cathedrals Fabric Cmmn for England 1996-2006; Bishops' sr inspr of theol colls and courses 1982-2010; chm Univ of Durham Ethics Advsy Ctee 2004-; pt/t lectr Dept of Theology and Religious Studies Univ of Durham 2004-10; memb Soc for Old Testament Studies 1978; memb Gen Synod of the Church of England 2003-10; rector St Chad's Coll Durham 2009- (visitor 2003-09); memb Cncl: Univ of Durham 2003-, Hatfield Coll Durham 2004-; pres St Cuthbert's Hospice Durham 2003-, hon patron Durham City Tst 2009-; FRSA 1997

Books and Publications: A Picture of Faith (1995), The Eight Words of Jesus (2006), Wisdom and Ministry (2008), I Will Trust in You: a companion to the evening Psalms (2009), Lost Sons: readings in the patriarchal stories (2012)