Hundreds of people are expected at Carlisle Cathedral on Saturday for the installation of the new dean of the Cathedral.

The Rev Canon Jonathan Brewster, who was previously the Cartmel Peninsula Mission Community Leader and Interim Team Vicar in the parishes of Haverthwaite, Finsthwaite and Staveley in Cartmel, and Associate Priest in the parishes of St Paul Grange-over-Sands and Field Broughton with Lindale, will become the 42nd dean of the cathedral at a special service at 3pm on Saturday, September 30.

Jonathan, aged 56, said: “I am thrilled to be announced as the new Dean and very much look forward to working alongside the Cathedral’s Chapter, staff and volunteers and colleagues in the wider Diocese as we seek to further God’s mission in the city and county.

“Cumbria is a place that I know very well. Since being a child, I’ve holidayed here every year, and it’s been a particular privilege to work in the Diocese for the last 18 months, getting to know the villages and town that make up the Cartmel Peninsula.

“I’m very conscious that the Cathedral community has been through an extremely busy few years.

“I pay tribute to the former Dean for his great contribution in leading the Cathedral through this challenging time.

“The city is to have a redeveloped railway station, the University of Cumbria and Imperial College London are working together to launch a new graduate entry medical school in Carlisle and the University is also redeveloping the Citadel city centre site and land close to the Cathedral.

“All of these will offer up new opportunities by which we can connect further with new communities.”

Ordained Deacon in 1994 after studying for a BA in Theology at Trinity College Bristol, he was a curate in the Diocese of Bradford, and between 1998 and 2003 led an ecumenical chaplaincy team in the University of Westminster.

He was the Vicar of Christ Church with St John and St Saviour in Highbury for 14 years, also serving as Area Dean of Islington from 2014 and Acting Archdeacon of Hackney from 2015 to 2016.

In 2017 he moved to St Paul’s Cathedral as Residentiary Canon and Treasurer.

Canon Jonathan is married to Sarah, and they have four children, an older son and daughter who have left home and two teenage daughters.

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Over the past month, Canon Jonathan will continue to liaise closely with the Interim Dean of the Cathedral, the Rev Canon Michael Manley who is also Canon Missioner.

Michael said: “On behalf of the whole Cathedral chapter, staff, volunteers, and worshipping community, we are delighted to welcome Jonathan as our new Dean.

“We all very much look forward to working together to continue to see God’s Kingdom grow here in the city of Carlisle and, indeed, across the whole of the Diocese through our numerous outreach projects.”