Matt Thompson (priest)


Matt Thompson
Dean of Birmingham
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Birmingham
In office30 September 2017 – present
PredecessorCatherine Ogle
Previous post(s)Vicar of Bolton Parish Church (September 2008 – 30 September 2017)
Orders
Ordination1994 (deacon)
1995 (priest)
Personal details
Born
Matthew Thompson

1968 (age 55–56)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
Ridley Hall, Cambridge

Matthew Thompson (born 1968) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2017, he has been the Dean of Birmingham – head of the chapter of canons of Birmingham Cathedral and the most senior priest in the Diocese of Birmingham. He was previously, since 2008, vicar of Bolton Parish Church in the Diocese of Manchester.