Maria Jannson

{{Short description|Dean of Waterford since 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2020}} thumb|right|The Very Revd Maria Jansson in 2016 '''Maria Patricia Jansson''' has been Dean of Waterford<ref>[http://christchurchwaterford.com/parish/people/ Christ Church, Waterford]</ref> since 2011.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| forenames = Maria Patricia | surname = Jansson | id = 2169 | accessed = 21 August 2018}}</ref>

Jansson was born in 1955. Her father was Swedish and her mother Irish. She was educated at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy and the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. She was a school teacher in Cork and Dublin before her call to ministry.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.ie/life/irish-protestants-in-2017-far-from-the-stereotypically-aloof-rich-anglophiles-35621422.html | title=Irish Protestants in 2017: Far from the stereotypically aloof, rich Anglophiles... | date=16 April 2017 | first=Kim | last=Bielenberg | newspaper=Independent | location=Ireland | accessdate=10 February 2020 }}</ref> Jannson has lectured in University College Dublin, and the Mater Dei Institute of Education.<ref>[https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/jumping-off-the-fence-to-serve-god-27291408.html Jumping off the fence to serve God] Irish Independent, 22 November 2002.</ref> After curacies in Galway and Kilscoran she was the incumbent at St Iberius', Wexford<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160512/https://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/warm-welcome-for-new-minister-and-her-family-27689488.html Wexford |People]</ref> until her appointment as Dean.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-jansson-91631322/ Linked In]</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jansson, Maria}} Category:1955 births Category:Alumni of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute Category:Alumni of Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy Category:Alumni of the National University of Ireland Category:Deans of Waterford Category:Living people Category:Irish schoolteachers Category:Irish people of Swedish descent