# Edward Dowler
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'''Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler''' (born 28 December 1967)[{{Crockford | forenames = Robert Edward Mackenzie | surname = Dowler | id = 15364 | accessed = 21 December 2016 }}] is a British [Anglican](/source/Anglican) priest. Since September 2024, he has been the [Dean of Chichester](/source/Dean_of_Chichester) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England).[{{cite web |website=Chicester Cathedral |title=Edward Dowler installed as Dean of Chichester |date=14 September 2024 |url=https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/very-reverend-dr-edward-dowler-installed-dean-chichester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928214237/https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/very-reverend-dr-edward-dowler-installed-dean-chichester |archive-date=28 September 2024 |access-date=4 October 2024 }}]
==Early life and education==
Dowler was born on 28 December 1967 in [Highgate](/source/Highgate), London, England.[{{cite web |title=Dowler, Ven. Dr (Robert) Edward (Mackenzie), (born 1967), Archdeacon of Hastings, since 2016 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U287740 |website=[Who's Who 2024](/source/Who's_Who_2024) |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=15 May 2024 |language=en |date=1 December 2023}}][{{cite web |title=The Ven Dr (Robert) Edward Mackenzie DOWLER |url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/w13983/the-ven-robert-edward-mackenzie-dowler |website=The Church of England Year Book |publisher=Church House Publishing |access-date=15 May 2024}}] He was educated at [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School), an all-boys [independent](/source/Independent_school_(UK)) [boarding school](/source/boarding_school) in London.[‘DOWLER, Ven. Dr (Robert) Edward (Mackenzie)’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017] His [doctoral thesis](/source/doctoral_thesis) was titled "Songs of love: a pastoral reading of St Augustine of Hippo's Enarrations in Psalmos", and his [supervisors](/source/Doctoral_advisor) were Graham Gould and [Carol Harrison](/source/Carol_Harrison_(theologian)).[{{cite thesis |last= Dowler |first= Robert Edward Mackenzie |date= 2006 |title= Songs of love: a pastoral reading of St Augustine of Hippo's Enarrations in Psalmos |degree= PhD |publisher= Durham University |url= http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1813/ |accessdate= 15 May 2024}}]
Edward is married to Anna Dowler, a successful journalist for The Guardian newspaper. Together, they share two children, Eleanor and Gregory.[https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/venerable-dr-edward-dowler-appointed-dean-chichester][{{Cite web |title=The Venerable Dr Edward Dowler appointed as Dean of Chichester {{!}} Chichester Cathedral |url=https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/venerable-dr-edward-dowler-appointed-dean-chichester |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=www.chichestercathedral.org.uk |language=en}}]
==Ordained ministry==
Dowler was [ordained](/source/ordained) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) as a [deacon](/source/Deacon) in 1994 and as a [priest](/source/Priest) in 1995.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/london-vicar-set-to-become-new-archdeacon-of-hastings-1-7405226 |title=Hastings Observer |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528215354/http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/london-vicar-set-to-become-new-archdeacon-of-hastings-1-7405226 |url-status=dead }}] He served as the [Archdeacon of Hastings](/source/Archdeacon_of_Hastings) in the [Diocese of Chichester](/source/Diocese_of_Chichester) from 2016 until 2024;[{{Cite web |url=http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2016/05/27/new-archdeacon-hastings-appointed/ |title=Chichester Anglican |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623212257/http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2016/05/27/new-archdeacon-hastings-appointed/ |archive-date=2016-06-23 |url-status=dead }}] he additionally became [priest-in-charge](/source/priest-in-charge) of St John the Evangelist, [Crowborough](/source/Crowborough) in 2020.[{{Crockford | forenames = Robert Edward Mackenzie | surname = Dowler | id = 15364 | accessed = 15 May 2024 }}]
On 14 May 2024, it was announced that he would be the next [Dean of Chichester](/source/Dean_of_Chichester);[{{cite web |title=Appointment of Dean of Chichester: 14 May 2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-dean-of-chichester-14-may-2024 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=15 May 2024 |language=en |date=14 May 2024}}] he was instituted on 14 September 2024.[{{cite web |website=Diocese of Chicester |title=The Installation of Edward Dowler as Dean of Chichester |url=https://www.chichester.anglican.org/events/2024/09/14/installation-venerable-dr-edward-dowler-dean-chichester/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804213142/https://www.chichester.anglican.org/events/2024/09/14/installation-venerable-dr-edward-dowler-dean-chichester/ |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 }}]