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

•  Christianity portal

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. 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 Irven David Edwards	Dean of Wells 1973–1989	Succeeded by Richard Lewis
Preceded by Michael Ashley Mann	Dean of Windsor 1989–1997	Succeeded by David Conner