David Frayne was an Anglican priest and Provost of Blackburn Cathedral .[ 1] [ 2]
He was educated at Reigate Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford , and ordained in 1961.[ 3] He was Curate at St Michael, East Wickham . Then Priest in charge of St Barnabas, Downham .[ 4] He held incumbencies at The Barn Church, Kew ,[ 5] Caterham , Redcliffe, Bristol ,[ 6] and Bedminster before he was appointed Provost of Blackburn in December 1992.
Frayne retired in September 2001 as dean following the reclassification of all provosts the previous year.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
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^ "Celebration is the icing on the cake" . lancashiretelegraph.co.uk . 26 September 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2020 .
^ "Dean saying a fond farewell" . Lancashire Telegraph . 25 January 2001. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013 .
^ "Dean's off to a life of 'walking and the cello' " . Lancashire Telegraph . 30 August 2001. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013 .