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: Vacant

Chapter Clerk: The Reverend Canon Michael Gudgeon (1996; 1998 honorary)
 

1. 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: vacant (ex officio, Archdeacon of Gibraltar)
St James: Lay Canon James Rosenthal (1996 honorary)
St Bernard: The Reverend Canon Michael Gudgeon
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: The Reverend Canon Ken Letts (2004)
St Teresa of Jesus [of Avìla]: The Reverend Canon Anthony Wells (2006)
St John Chrysostom: The Reverend Canon Jonathan Goodall (2005)

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

St Luke: The Reverend Canon Tom Mendel (2004) ex officio, Chancellor
St Silas: The Venerable Arthur Siddall (2005)
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 (2001)
St Titus: vacant
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 (ex officio, Chancellor)
St Willibrord: The Venerable Dirk van Leeuwen (1996; 2002 ex officio, vicar general, 2005 ex officio, Archdeacon of North-West Europe)
St Nicholas von Flüe: The Reverend Canon Dr Richard Pamplin (2004)
St Henry of Finland: The Reverend Canon Dr Philip Bourne (2004)
St Anselm: The Reverend Canon John Newsome (1998)
St Stanislaus of Poland: The Reverend Canon Mark Oxbrow (1998 honorary)
St Boniface:
St Augustine of Canterbury: The Reverend Canon Ray Jones (2004)

2. Ex officio canons without a named stall

The Venerable Mark Oakley (2005 ex officio Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe)
The Venerable John Williams (2004 ex officio, Archdeacon of Switzerland)

3. Additional Canons

All the following serve as members of the Chapter for so long as they remain in their present appointment.
The Reverend Canon Ian Watson (2002 Chief Executive, ICS)
The Reverend Canon Dr Charles Hill (2003 European Secretary, Church of England Council for Christian Unity)
The Reverend Canon Howell Sasser (2005 General Preachers Licence)

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)

Canons emeriti

former canons of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gibraltar:

The Reverend Canon Arthur Payton (1985)
The Right Reverend Noel Jones, CB (1989)
The Right Reverend Bill Down (1990)
The Reverend Canon John Taylor (1991)
The Right Reverend Daniel de Pina Cabral (1993)
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 M Brian Lea (2003)
The Reverend Canon John Beckwith (2004)
The Reverend Canon Hugh Wybrew (2004)
The Reverend Canon Ambrose Mason (2007)

former canons of Holy Trinity Pro-cathedral, Brussels:

The Reverend Canon Peter Duplock, OBE (1981)
The Very Reverend Michael Pitts (1988)
The Reverend Canon R J Alan Lindsay (1989)
The Reverend Canon J 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)

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 Peter Ball (2004)