Jo Kelly-Moore

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]

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 54–55)
New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
DenominationAnglican
SpousePaul
Children2
ProfessionPriest, solicitor (former)
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington

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. "Joanne Kelly-Moore". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. "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. "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. "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. "New Archdeacon of Canterbury". Canterbury Cathedral website. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  8. "Joanne Kelly-Moore". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. Canterbury Cathedral — College of Canons 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)
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