{{Short description|British Anglican priest (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Priest | honorific-prefix = The Very Reverend Dr | name = Philip Plyming | honorific-suffix = | title = Dean of Durham | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = | province = | diocese = Durham | term = 2023 to present | predecessor = | successor = | other_post = | previous_post = Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham (2017–2023) <br /> Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Claygate (2006–2017) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 2001 (deacon) <br /> 2002 (priest) | ordained_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Philip James John Plyming | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}} <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = <!-- City, administrative region, sovereign state (per Template:Infobox person) --> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = British | religion = Anglicanism | residence = | parents = | spouse = <!-- or | partner = --> | children = | occupation = | profession = <!-- or | previous_post = --> | education = | alma_mater = Robinson College, Cambridge <br /> Cranmer Hall, Durham <br /> St John's College, Durham <br /> University of Edinburgh }} '''Philip James John Plyming''' (born 1974) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2023, he has been Dean of Durham. From May 2017, he was Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham, an open evangelical Church of England theological college;<ref name="DU - appointed Warden">{{cite web|title=Revd Dr Philip Plyming appointed Warden of Cranmer Hall|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-johns.college/news/?itemno=30015|website=St John's College|publisher=Durham University|access-date=9 January 2017|date=21 December 2016}}</ref> and previously, from 2006 to 2017, he was the Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Claygate in the Diocese of Guildford.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Plyming | forenames = Philip James John | id = 16665 | accessed = 9 January 2017}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Plyming was born in 1974.<ref name="Crockford" /> As a child, he attended an Anglo-Catholic church but "came to a personal faith in Christ" while he was at university.<ref name="vote" /> He studied German and Russian at Robinson College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="new dean">{{cite web |last1=Cathedral |first1=Durham |title=Philip Plyming appointed as new Dean of Durham |url=https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/articles/philip-plyming-appointed-as-new-dean-of-durham |website=Durham Cathedral |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=en |date=16 June 2023}}</ref> He then worked as a linguist.<ref name="DU - appointed Warden" /> In 1998, he entered Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Open Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry.<ref name="Crockford" /> During this time, he also studied theology at St John's College, Durham, graduating with a first class BA degree in 2000.<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="DU - appointed Warden" />
Plyming later undertook postgraduate research at the University of Edinburgh, and he completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2008.<ref name="Crockford" /> His doctoral thesis was titled "Transforming news: a theoretical and critical analysis of contemporary Christian news handling in the light of the Apostle Paul's Corinthian hardship narratives".<ref>{{cite web|title=Transforming news: a theoretical and critical analysis of contemporary Christian news handling in the light of the Apostle Paul's Corinthian hardship narratives|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.660651|website=E-Thesis Online Service|publisher=The British Library Board|access-date=11 January 2017|date=2008|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113071235/http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.660651|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Ordained ministry== Plyming was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2002.<ref name="Crockford" /> From 2001 to 2006, he served his curacy at Christ Church, Chineham, Hampshire in the Diocese of Winchester;<ref name="Crockford" /> this is a conservative evangelical church that is ecumenical in nature (associated with Baptists, Methodists, and United Reformed Church, in addition to the Church of England).<ref>{{cite web|title=Christ Church, Chineham|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/christ-church-chineham/|website=A Church Near You|publisher=Archbishops' Council|access-date=10 January 2017|quote=Style of worship: Conservative Evangelical|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113044640/https://www.achurchnearyou.com/christ-church-chineham/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.christchurchchineham.org.uk/about-us|website=Christ Church Chineham|access-date=10 January 2017|quote=Christ Church brings together four Christian denominations (Baptist, Church of England, Methodist, United Reformed) as one Christian congregation.|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113005128/http://www.christchurchchineham.org.uk/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, he moved to the Diocese of Guildford where he became Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Claygate, Surrey.<ref name="Crockford" /> Under his leadership, the attendance saw "significant growth" and it can now be classified as "a very large parish church".<ref name="DU - appointed Warden" /> In 2012, he was also appointed the Area Dean of Emly.<ref name="Crockford" />
On 20 December 2016, Plyming was announced as the next Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham.<ref name="Cranmer - new Warden">{{cite web|title=Press release – Cranmer Hall appoints new Warden Revd Dr Philip Plyming|url=https://community.dur.ac.uk/cranmer.hall/press-release-cranmer-hall-appoints-new-warden-revd-dr-philip-plyming/|website=Cranmer Hall|publisher=Durham University|access-date=10 January 2017|date=20 December 2016}}</ref> Cranmer Hall is an Open Evangelical Anglican theological college which forms part of St John's College, Durham, and whose degrees are validated by Durham University. He took up the post on 8 May 2017, after a licensing service at St Oswald's Church, Durham.<ref name="Guildford">{{cite web|title=From Claygate to Cranmer|url=http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/whats-on/news/detail/2016/12/22/from-claygate-to-cranmer|website=Diocese of Guildford|access-date=17 March 2017|date=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Invitation to the Welcome and Licensing of the new Warden – Philip Plyming|url=https://community.dur.ac.uk/cranmer.hall/invitation-to-the-welcome-and-licensing-of-the-new-warden-philip-plyming/|website=Cranmer Hall|publisher=University of Durham|access-date=11 April 2017|date=31 March 2017}}</ref> He teaches New Testament and Christian leadership.<ref name="new dean" /> He was made an honorary canon od Durham Cathedral in 2022.<ref name="new dean" />
Plyming was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 2009 to 2017.<ref name="bio Cranmer">{{cite web |title=Revd Dr Philip Plyming |url=https://www.cranmerhall.com/Staff/the-revd-dr-philip-plyming/ |website=Cranmer Hall Durham |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207130823/https://www.cranmerhall.com/Staff/the-revd-dr-philip-plyming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as secretary of the Evangelical Group of the General Synod.<ref name="bio Cranmer" />
On 16 June 2023, it was announced that Plyming would be the next Dean of Durham, in succession to Andrew Tremlett.<ref name="GOV">{{cite web |title=Appointment of Dean of Durham: 16 June 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-dean-of-durham-16-june-2023 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=en |date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616092044/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-dean-of-durham-16-june-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was installed as dean during a service at Durham Cathedral on 16 September 2023.<ref name="AEC">{{cite web |title=New Dean of Durham Announced |url=https://www.englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/new-dean-of-durham-announced/ |website=The Association of English Cathedrals |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=en |date=16 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Durham Cathedral |title=Philip Plyming installed as new Dean of Durham |url=https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/articles/the-new-dean-of-durham-installation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001204454/https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/articles/the-new-dean-of-durham-installation |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=1 October 2023 }}</ref>
===Views=== Plyming belongs to the Evangelical wing of the Church of England.<ref name="vote">{{cite web|title=An invitation to vote for PHILIP PLYMING|url=http://cdn.cofeguildford.org.uk/docs/default-source/about/Governance/General-Synod/Election-Addresses/6-philip-plyming-election-address-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=2|website=Diocease of Guildford|access-date=17 March 2017|format=pdf|date=2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317235023/http://cdn.cofeguildford.org.uk/docs/default-source/about/Governance/General-Synod/Election-Addresses/6-philip-plyming-election-address-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=2 |archive-date=17 March 2017}}</ref> In August 2016, he signed an open letter that urged the House of Bishops "not to consider any proposals that fly in the face of the historic understanding of the church as expressed in 'Issues in Human Sexuality' (1991) and Lambeth Resolution 1.10".<ref>{{cite news|title=Synod members write to Bishops on sexuality issue |url=http://www.churchnewspaper.com/45352/archives |access-date=10 January 2017 |work=Church of England Newspaper |date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112181146/http://www.churchnewspaper.com/45352/archives |archive-date=12 January 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Plyming is married to Annabelle.<ref name="vote" /> Together they have two sons.<ref name="vote" />
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