Patrick Mitchell (priest)

Patrick Reynolds Mitchell KCVO[1] (17 March 1930 – 23 January 2020) was an English Anglican priest.

Life

Mitchell was born on 17 March 1930[2] and educated at Eton, Merton College, Oxford.,[3] and Wells Theological College. Ordained in 1955 [4] he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St. Mark's Church, Mansfield[5] following which he was Priest-Vicar of Wells Cathedral.

Mitchell would go on to hold incumbencies in Milton, Portsmouth and Frome Selwood, Somerset before being appointed Dean of Wells in 1973,[6] a position he held for 16 years; during his deanship he oversaw a major restoration of the cathedral.[7] In 1981, he was appointed to the Cathedrals Advisory Commission for England.[7] In 1989, he became Dean of Windsor until his retirement eight years later, when he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[8]

He died in January 2020 at the age of 89.[7][9]

References

  1. ^ Burke’s peerage
  2. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 406.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  5. ^ Church web-site
  6. ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis, P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  7. ^ a b c The Very Reverend Patrick Mitchell, popular Dean of Wells and then of Windsor who was a trusted adviser to the Queen on Church affairs – obituary
  8. ^ "No. 55247". The London Gazette. 8 September 1998. p. 9719.
  9. ^ "Obituary: The Very Revd Patrick Mitchel".
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Wells
1973–1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dean of Windsor
1989–1997 		Succeeded by