# Jonathan Lean

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{{Short description|Welsh priest (born 1952)}}
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'''David Jonathan Rees Lean'''<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11254906 BBC News – Pilgrims' progress for St David shrine]</ref> (born 29 May 1952) retired as [Dean](/source/Dean_(religion)) of [St David's](/source/St_David's_Cathedral) in the autumn of 2017.

Lean was born in [Fishguard](/source/Fishguard)<ref>[http://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/index.php?id=674 St Davids Cathedral]</ref> on 29 May 1952, educated at [St David's University College, Lampeter](/source/St_David's_College%2C_Lampeter), and the [College of the Resurrection, Mirfield](/source/College_of_the_Resurrection), and [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1976.<ref>''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1995'' (Lambeth, Church House {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}})</ref> He began his ordained ministry as a [curate](/source/curate) at [Tenby](/source/Tenby) after which he was [vicar](/source/vicar) of the grouped parishes of [Llanrhian](/source/Llanrhian), [Llanhowell](/source/Llanhowell) and Llanrheithan<ref>''[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who)'' 2008: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black) {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}</ref> and then St Martin's, [Haverfordwest](/source/Haverfordwest). From 2000 until his appointment as deanery he was a [canon residentiary](/source/Canon_(priest)) at [St David's Cathedral](/source/St_David's_Cathedral).

He appeared on ITV Cymru Wales' 2014 documentary ''Wales on a Bus Pass'' with [Chris Segar](/source/Chris_Segar), meeting Segar on the bus in [Solva](/source/Solva), before alighting at [Saint David's](/source/Saint_David's) City Hall and making his way back to work at St David's Cathedral.

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