Geoff Miller (priest)
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Priest
| honorific_prefix = The Very Reverend
| name = Geoff Miller
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL}}
| title = Dean of Newcastle
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = Church of England
| province =
| diocese = Diocese of Newcastle
| term = 2018 to 2022
| predecessor = Chris Dalliston
| successor =
| other_post = Archdeacon of Northumberland (2005–2018)
| ordination = 1983 (deacon)
1984 (priest)
| ordained_by =
| consecration =
| consecrated_by =
| laicized =
| birth_name = Geoffrey Vincent Miller
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|26 January 1956}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| religion = Anglicanism
| residence =
| parents =
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation =
| profession =
| education =
| alma_mater = University of Durham
St John's College, Nottingham
| motto =
}}
Geoffrey Vincent Miller {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DL}} (born 26 January 1956) is a British retired Church of England priest and former school teacher. He served as Dean of Newcastle, before which he had been the Archdeacon of Northumberland since 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/people-and-places/archdeacons.aspx |title=Newcastle Anglican |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195726/http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/people-and-places/archdeacons.aspx |archive-date=2018-10-23 |url-status=dead }}
Early life and education
Miller was born on 26 January 1956 in Manchester, England, to Harold and Vera Miller.{{Who's Who
| title=Miller, Geoffrey Vincent
| id = U44984
| volume = 2019
| edition = 1 December 2018 online
| access-date = 28 January 2019
}}{{cite web|title=Archdeacon of Northumberland|url=http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/people-and-places/archdeacons.aspx|website=Archdeacons|publisher=Diocese of Newcastle|access-date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195726/http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/people-and-places/archdeacons.aspx|archive-date=23 October 2018|url-status=dead}} He was educated at Sharston High School, a state school in Sharston, Manchester. He studied at the University of Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in 1977. He then worked as a teacher until he began training for ordained ministry.
Ordained ministry
In 1981, Miller entered St John's College, Nottingham, an Anglican theological college to be trained for ordained ministry.{{Crockford| surname = Miller | forenames = Geoffrey Vincent | id = 32083 | accessed = 26 January 2016}} There, he completed a Diploma in Pastoral Studies (DPS) in 1983. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 and as a priest in 1984.
After a curacy in Jarrow he was Team Vicar at St Aidan and St Luke, Billingham{{Cite web |url=http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/staidan/ |title=Communigate |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030617160453/http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/staidan/ |archive-date=2003-06-17 |url-status=dead }} from 1986 to 1992; Urban Development Officer for the Diocese of Durham from 1991 to 1996; Vicar of St Cuthbert, Darlington[http://www.churchindarlington.org.uk/churches/a_st_cuthberts.htm Church in Darlington] from 1996 to 1999; and a residentiary canon at Newcastle Cathedral from 1995 until his archdeacon's appointment. He was installed as Dean of Newcastle on 20 October 2018,{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/news-and-events/news-article.aspx?id=27172 |title=Diocese of Newcastle |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195808/http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/news-and-events/news-article.aspx?id=27172 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |url-status=dead }} having served as acting dean from 4 February 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/news-and-events/news-article.aspx?id=27111 |title=Diocese of Newcastle |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195705/http://www.newcastle.anglican.org/news-and-events/news-article.aspx?id=27111 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |url-status=dead }} He retired in November 2022.{{cite web |website=Newcastle Cathedral |title=Retirement of the Dean of Newcastle, Geoff Miller |date=12 September 2022 |url=https://newcastlecathedral.org.uk/dean-retirement/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031175026/https://newcastlecathedral.org.uk/dean-retirement/ |archive-date=31 October 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022 }}
In February 2023, Miller was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Tyne and Wear.{{London Gazette |date=31 July 2024 |issue=64474 |page=14726}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Portal|Christianity}}
{{S-start}}
{{S-rel|en}}
{{S-bef|before=Peter Elliott}}
{{S-ttl|title=Archdeacon of Northumberland|years=2005–2018}}
{{S-aft|after=Mark Wroe}}
{{S-bef|before=Chris Dalliston}}
{{S-ttl|title=Dean of Newcastle|years=2018–2022}}
{{S-non|reason=TBA}}
{{S-end}}
{{Archdeacons of Northumberland}}
{{Deans of Newcastle}}
{{Diocese of Newcastle}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Geoff}}
Category:Alumni of Durham University
Category:Archdeacons of Northumberland
Category:Provosts and Deans of Newcastle
Category:Clergy from Manchester
Category:Heads of schools in England
Category:Alumni of St John's College, Nottingham
Category:People from Wythenshawe
Category:Deputy lieutenants of Tyne and Wear
{{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub}}