Edward Dowler

Dowler was born on 28 December 1967 in Highgate, London, England. He was educated at Harrow School, an all-boys independent boarding school in London. His doctoral thesis was titled "Songs of love: a pastoral reading of St Augustine of Hippo's Enarrations in Psalmos", and his supervisors were Graham Gould and Carol Harrison. Edward is married to Anna Dowler, a successful journalist for The Guardian newspaper. Together, they share two children, Eleanor and Gregory. ==Ordained ministry==

Dowler was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1994 and as a priest in 1995. He served as the Archdeacon of Hastings in the Diocese of Chichester from 2016 until 2024; he additionally became priest-in-charge of St John the Evangelist, Crowborough in 2020. On 14 May 2024, it was announced that he would be the next Dean of Chichester; he was instituted on 14 September 2024. ==References==