Simon CowlingSimon Charles Cowling has been Dean of Wakefield since 2018.EducationCowling was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, King's College London and Lincoln Theological College. He was a teacher until his ordination in 1992.MinistryHe served curacies at St Martin, Potternewton, Leeds from 1991 to 1994 and at St Chad, Far Headingley, Leeds from 1994 to 1996; and was Vicar at St Edmund King and Martyr, Roundhay from 1996 to 2007. He was Area Dean of Allerton from 2004 to 2007; Canon Residentiary and Precentor of Sheffield Cathedral from 2007 to 2013; and Rector of Bolton Priory from 2013 until his appointment as dean. He has announced his intention to retire on 31 July 2025.