Jo Kelly-Moore

The Very Reverend

Jo Kelly-Moore
Dean of St Albans
Kelly-Moore in 2019
DioceseDiocese of St Albans
In office4 December 2021 – present
PredecessorJeffrey John
Other post(s)Dean of Auckland & Deputy Vicar-General (2010–2017)
Archdeacon of Canterbury & Canon Residentiary, Canterbury Cathedral (2017–2021)
Orders
Ordination2000 (deacon); 2001 (priest)
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
DenominationAnglican
SpousePaul
Children2
ProfessionPriest, solicitor (former)
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington

Joanne Kelly-Moore (born 1968)[1] is a New Zealand Anglican priest who has been the Dean of St Albans[2] since 2021.[3] She was previously the Dean of Auckland in the Anglican Church of New Zealand from 2010 to 2017,[4] and then Archdeacon of Canterbury in the Church of England.[5]

Early life, education and family

She was born in Wellington in 1968.[6] She was educated at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degrees.[1] She is married to Paul and they have two children. Before training for the ministry, Kelly-Moore practised as a solicitor in New Zealand and in London.[7]

Ministry career

After leaving her legal career, Kelly-Moore studied theology at the Bible College of New Zealand, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1999.[2][8] She then undertook further training for ordained ministry at St John's College, Auckland, the theological college of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[2] She was made deacon in 2000 and ordained priest in 2001.[8] She served first as assistant curate at St Aidan's Remuera until 2004, when she became its vicar;[1] in Remuera she was additionally chaplain to Corran School for Girls.[7] In August 2010,[5] she was installed as Dean of Auckland[1] (lead priest at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland). During her time as dean, she oversaw the completion of the cathedral church building[5] and was also deputy vicar-general of the diocese.[7] She served on the general synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and on that synod's standing committee.[5]

On 11 September 2016, it was announced that Kelly-Moore was to become Archdeacon of Canterbury (and a canon residentiary of Canterbury Cathedral, the worldwide mother church of Anglicanism), in the United Kingdom.[5] She was collated on 22 January 2017,[7] becoming also a canon of the cathedral.[9] The cathedral uses "vice dean" not of one particular appointee, but to refer to the canon in residence for each month.[10]

On 6 September 2021, it was announced that Kelly-Moore was to become Dean of St Albans, the clerk primus inter pares at St Albans Cathedral, late in 2021.[11] She was installed on 4 December 2021.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Joanne Kelly-Moore". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Appointment of Dean of St Albans: 6 September". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jo Kelly-Moore installed as Dean of St Albans". St Albans Cathedral. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ "New Dean of Auckland". liturgy.co.nz. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Top CofE post goes to NZ dean". Anglican Taonga. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ^ Vass, Beck (31 May 2010). "Lawyer city's first female Anglican dean". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "New Archdeacon of Canterbury". Canterbury Cathedral website. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Joanne Kelly-Moore". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ^ Canterbury Cathedral — College of Canons Archived 30 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 November 2016
  10. ^ Canon Treasurer Job Description Archived 2 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Diocese of St Albans — New Dean coming to St Albans from Canterbury (Accessed 6 September 2021)