Cyril Jonathan Meyrick is the current Bishop of Lynn and former Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral

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Early life and education

Meyrick was educated at Lancing College

Lancing College

Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school in the British public school tradition, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a...

 and St John’s College, Oxford. He then studied for ordination at Sarum and Wells Theological College

Sarum College

Sarum College is an ecumenical Christian institution in Salisbury, England. The College was established in 1995, and occupies the buildings formerly home to the Salisbury and Wells Theological College...

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Ordained ministry

Meyrick was ordained as a deacon in 1976 and as a priest in 1977. After a curacy

Curate

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 at Bicester

Bicester

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 he was domestic chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Oxford from 1978 to 1981 and then a tutor

Tutor

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 in Old Testament studies at Codrington College

Codrington College

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, Barbados

Barbados

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 until 1984. He returned to the Diocese of Oxford as Team Vicar

Vicar

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 of Burnham

Burnham, Buckinghamshire

Burnham is a village and civil parish that lies north of the River Thames in the South Bucks District of Buckinghamshire, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. It is served by Burnham railway station in the west of Slough on the main line between London...

 with Dropmore, Hitcham

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire

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 and Taplow

Taplow

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 until 1990, when he moved to become Team Rector of Tisbury

Tisbury

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, Sarum

Sarum

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 and Wells

Wells

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 until 1998.

While at Tisbury, he served as Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Chalke Valley

Broad Chalke

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 from 1997 to 1998, when he moved to become a canon residentiary

Canon (priest)

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 at Rochester Cathedral

Rochester Cathedral

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, where he served as Canon Pastor and Acting Dean. On 21 May 2005, he was installed as Dean of Exeter

Dean of Exeter

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, serving simultaneously (ex officio) as Priest-in-charge of Central Exeter. He has presented a weekly feature in The Express and Echo under the name of "Johnny Dean".


In March 2011, it was announced that Meyrick had been appointed as Bishop of Lynn

Bishop of Lynn

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, taking over from the Rt Revd James Langstaff, Bishop of Rochester

Bishop of Rochester

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. He was consecrated as a bishop by Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams

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, the Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

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, at Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

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on 2 June 2011 and installed in Norwich Cathedral on 29 June 2011.

Styles

• Jonathan Meyrick Esq (1952–1976)
• The Revd Jonathan Meyrick (1976–1998)
• The Revd Canon Jonathan Meyrick (1998–2005)
• The Very Revd Jonathan Meyrick (2005–2011)
• The Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick (2011—present)