Jonathan Draper

The Very Reverend Jonathan Draper
Dean of Exeter
Draper (right) and Ann Pettifor in York Minster in 2000
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	3 March 2012–present
Predecessor	Jonathan Meyrick
Other posts	Canon Theologian, York Minster (2000–2012)
Orders
Ordination	1983 (deacon) 1984 (priest)
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 63–64) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American and/or British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Maggie (m. 1979)
Children	Three
Profession	Clergyman and theologian
Alma mater	Gordon College, Massachusetts St John's College, Durham

Jonathan Lee Draper (born 1952) is an American Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. Since 2012, he has been the Dean of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter.

Early life and education

Draper was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.^[1] He studied at Gordon College, a Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976. He then moved to England, and studied at St John's College, Durham. He graduated from the University of Durham with a further BA degree in 1978.^[2]

Draper entered Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college near Oxford, to train for ordination. He completed his training in 1983. During this time, he also studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree St John's College, Durham, which he completed in 1984.^[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "The place of the Bible in the theology of Albrecht Ritschl with special reference to Christology and the Kingdom of God".^[3]

Draper was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 and as a priest in 1984.^[2] From 1983 to 1985, he served his curacy at St John the Divine, Brooklands, in the Diocese of Manchester.^[2] Between 1985 and 1992, he was Director of Academic Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college where he himself trained for ordination.^[4] He also worked as a lecturer in theology at the University of Oxford.^[1]

In 1992, Draper returned to parish ministry and served as the Vicar of Putney;^[4] this parish consists of St. Mary's Church, Putney and All Saints' Church, Putney Common in the Diocese of Southwark.^[2] He was also involved in providing continuing ministerial education for clergy and lay ministers of the Kingston Episcopal Area.^[5] In 2000, he moved to the Diocese of York where he had been appointed the Canon Theologian (a canon residentiary) of York Cathedral.^[4]^[5]

On 15 December 2011, it was announced that Draper would be the next Dean of Exeter in the Diocese of Exeter.^[4] The Dean is the head of the Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, and the most senior priest in the diocese. He was installed as Dean during Easter 2012.^[4]

Draper met his future wife while studying at Durham University, and they married in 1979.^[6] Together they have three children.^[4]

1 2 "Canon Jonathan Draper appointed Dean of Exeter Cathedral". BBC News. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 "Jonathan Lee Draper". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 27 June 2016. (subscription required)
↑ Draper, Jonathan Lee (18 September 2013). "The place of the bible in the theology of Albrecht Ritschl with special reference to Christology and the kingdom of god". Durham e-Theses. Durham University. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dean of Exeter appointed". gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
1 2 "Canon Theologian of York Minster named as new Dean of Exeter". Diocese of York. Church of England. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
↑ "New Dean for Exeter Cathedral". Midweek Herald. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Jonathan Meyrick	Dean of Exeter 2012–present	Incumbent

Deans of Exeter

High Medieval	Serlo Roger de Wynkleigh William de Stanwey Roger de Toriz John Noble John Pycot Andrew de Kilkenny

Late Medieval	Henry de Somerset Thomas de Lechlade Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Richard de Coleton Richard de Braylegh Reginald de Bugwell Robert Sumpter Thomas Walkyngton Ralph Tregrision Stephen Payn John Cobethorn John Hals Henry Webber Peter Courtenay Lionel Woodville John Arundel

Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary The Hon Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward

Late modern	Charles Talbot George Gordon John Garnett Whittington Landon Thomas Lowe Charles Ellicott The Viscount Midleton Archibald Boyd Benjamin Cowie Alfred Earle Henry Gamble Walter Matthews Spencer Carpenter Alexander Wallace Marcus Knight Clifford Chapman Richard Eyre Keith Jones Jonathan Meyrick Jonathan Draper

Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	Robert Atwell, Bishop of Exeter Nick McKinnel, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth Sarah Mullally, Bishop suffragan of Crediton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Jonathan Draper, Dean of Exeter Ian Chandler, Archdeacon of Plymouth Christopher Futcher, Archdeacon of Exeter Mark Butchers, Archdeacon of Barnstaple Douglas Dettmer, Archdeacon of Totnes

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

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