The Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese

The unified Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese was created by an episcopal declaration in February 1997. It replaces the former separate chapters of the cathedral and pro-cathedral churches, though the Chapter stalls are dispersed among those churches. The function of the Cathedral Chapter is to support the Bishop by prayer and counsel.

The Chapter is governed by statutes which appear as an appendix to the Diocesan Handbook. Ex officio members comprise the Bishop, the Suffragan Bishop, the Dean of Gibraltar and the chancellors of the pro-cathedrals, all vicars general and archdeacons.

The Bishop may appoint canons who are either (a) ordained or lay persons holding his licence or being on an electoral roll in a chaplaincy of this Diocese; or (b) other persons, ordained or lay, of others dioceses and Churches appointed as honorary canons.

All canons are so far as possible allocated a particular named stall. However, the Bishop may appoint additional canons if no stall is vacant or, for serious reason, persons holding a particular appointment or responsibility connected to the Diocese. (Additional canons are not allocated a named stall).

Each member of the Chapter undertakes (a) to use daily the prayer provided from time to time by the Bishop; (b) to pray regularly for other members of the Chapter; (c) to observe in some suitable way the Feast of the Holy Trinity and the Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul in Malta (10 February).

The Bishop: The Right Reverend Geoffrey Rowell

Dean: The Very Reverend John Paddock (2008)

Chapter Clerk: The Diocesan Secretary, Mr Adrian Mumford (2006)
 

Canons with a named stall:

— in the Choir of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Gibraltar

St Andrew the Apostle: The Right Reverend David Hamid (2002 ex officio, Suffragan Bishop)
Our Lady of Europe: The Venerable David Sutch (ex officio, Archdeacon of Gibraltar)
St James: vacant
St Bernard: The Venerable Ken Letts (2004 Archdeacon of France)
St Birgitta [Bridget] of Sweden: Lay Canon Professor Grace Davie (2003 honorary)
St George: Lay Canon Dr Brian Hanson, CBE (2003 honorary)
St Paul the Apostle: vacant
St Teresa of Jesus [of Avìla]: Lay Canon Ann Turner (2007 honorary)
St John Chrysostom: The Reverend Canon Jonathan Goodall (2005 honorary)
(The stall of St Cecilia is used by the Cathedral Precentor who is not necessarily a member of Chapter)

— in the Pro-Cathedral of St Paul, Valletta, Malta

St Luke: The Reverend Canon Simon Godfrey (2009 ex officio, Chancellor)
St Silas: The Venerable Arthur Siddall (2005 ex officio, Archdeacon of Italy and Malta; 2007 Archdeacon of Switzerland)
St Timothy: The Reverend Canon Ben Eaton (1996)
St Barnabas: The Reverend Canon Ian Sherwood (1997)
St Agnes: The Reverend Canon Michael Bullock, OGS (1998)
St Mark: The Venerable Patrick Curran (2000; 2002 ex officio, Archdeacon of the Eastern Archdeaconry)
St Polycarp: The Reverend Canon Malcolm Bradshaw (2001)
St Catherine of Siena: The Reverend Canon Denis Moss (2001)
St Helena: The Reverend Canon Dr Simon Stephens OBE (2001)
St Titus: The Reverend Canon Jonathan Boardman (2007)
St Ignatius of Antioch: vacant
(The stall of St Paul, assigned under previous statutes to the Dean of Malta, is used by the chaplain based at Holy Trinity, Sliema - who is not a member of the Chapter)

— in the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Brussels, Belgium

St Benedict: The Reverend Canon Dr Robert Innes (2005 ex officio, Chancellor)
St Willibrord: The Venerable John de Wit (2008 ex officio Archdeacon of North-West Europe)
St Nicholas von Flüe: vacant
St Henry of Finland: vacant (ex officio Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe)
St Anselm: The Reverend Canon John Newsome (1998)
St Stanislaus of Poland: The Reverend Canon Debbie Flach (2007)
St Boniface: The Reverend Canon Dr Gary Wilton (2008)
St Augustine of Canterbury: The Reverend Canon Ray Jones (2004)

Additional Canons

The following serve as members of the Chapter for so long as they remain in their present appointment.
The Reverend Canon Mark Oxbrow (1998 Eastern European Secretary, CMS)
The Venerable Colin Williams (2007 General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches, CEC)

Former members of the Cathedral Chapter

When a former dean or canon of the Cathedral Chapter retires, or ceases for another reason to hold that office, the Bishop may confer the title of dean or canon emeritus. Such former deans or canons shall not have the duties and rights of members of the Cathedral Chapter but may be invited to take part in liturgical celebrations in the cathedral or pro-cathedral churches.

Deans emeriti

The Right Reverend Ambrose Weekes, CB (1977)
The Very Reverend Brian Horlock, OBE (1998)
The Very Reverend Kenneth Robinson (2003)
The Very Reverend Alan Woods (2008)

Canons emeriti

former canons of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gibraltar:

The Right Reverend Noel Jones, CB (1989)
The Right Reverend Bill Down (1990)
The Reverend Canon Douglas Ward-Boddington, MBE (1997)
The Reverend Canon Jim Hawthorne, OBE (2000)
The Reverend Canon Martin Draper, OBE (2002)
The Reverend Canon Raymond Hodson (2002)
The Reverend Canon Michael Coombe (2003)
The Reverend Canon Brian Lea (2003)
The Reverend Canon John Beckwith (2004)
The Reverend Canon Hugh Wybrew (2004)
The Reverend Canon David Ratcliff (2005)
The Reverend Canon Michael Gudgeon (2006)
The Reverend Canon Howell Sasser (2006)
The Reverend Canon Anthony Wells (2006)
The Reverend Canon John Williams (2006)
Mr John Underwood (Lay Canon, 2008)

former canons of St Paul’s Pro-cathedral, Valletta:

The Reverend Canon John Livingstone (1993)
The Reverend Canon Philip Cousins (1995)
The Right Reverend Eric Devenport (1997)
The Reverend Canon Geoffrey Evans (2000)
The Reverend Canon Jeremy Peake (2000)
The Reverend Canon Gordon Reid (2003)
The Reverend Canon Tom Mendel (2008)

former canons of Holy Trinity Pro-cathedral, Brussels:

The Reverend Canon Peter Duplock, OBE (1981)
The Very Reverend Michael Pitts (1988)
The Reverend Canon Alan Lindsay (1989)
The Reverend Canon Cameron Walker (1998)
The Reverend Canon Chad Coussmaker, OBE (2000)
The Right Reverend Teunis Horstman (2001)
The Reverend Canon Peter Hawker (2004)
The Reverend Canon Geoffrey Allen (2005)
The Reverend Canon Nigel Walker (2005)
The Reverend Canon Philip Bourne (2006)
The Reverend Canon Ambrose Mason (2000; 2003 honorary)
The Reverend Canon Dr Richard Pamplin (2007)
The Reverend Canon Dirk van Leeuwen (2007)
The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley (2008)

Additional former Canon:

The Venerable Ian Watson (2007)