Joe Hawes

Hawes was born in 1965 and brought up in Hampstead, London, England.{{Crockford| surname = Hawes | forenames = Joseph Patricius | id = 14699 | accessed = 16 March 2018}}{{cite web|title=The Rev'd Canon Joe Hawes|url=http://www.stedscathedral.co.uk/images/stories/ForArticles/ND/JPH%20Biog.pdf|website=St Edmundsbury Cathedral|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=March 2018|archive-date=17 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035906/http://www.stedscathedral.co.uk/images/stories/ForArticles/ND/JPH%20Biog.pdf|url-status=dead}} He studied English at St Chad's College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987. Following graduation, he lived in a community at St Albans Abbey and explored his call to ordination. From 1988 to 1991, he trained for ordination and studied theology at St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college. He later continued his studies at King's College London, and completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2012.

Hawes was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1991 and as a priest in 1992. From 1991 to 1996, he served his curacy with the Clapham Team Ministry in the Diocese of Southwark.{{cite news|last1=Cornwell|first1=Richard|title=New senior Suffolk clergyman has proven track record of growing numbers of worshippers|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/rev-canon-joe-hawes-st-edmundsbury-and-ipswich-dean-1-5436207|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=East Anglian Daily Times|date=15 March 2018}} From 1996 to 1997, he was priest in charge of St Michael and All Angels Church, Barnes. Following the creation of the Barnes Team Ministry, which absorbed St Michael and All Angels, he was a team vicar from 1997 to 2003. During his time with St Michael and All Angels, he was involved in restoring the Victorian building and introduced a family service. In 2003, he joined All Saints Church, Fulham, having been appointed Vicar of Fulham.{{cite news|last1=Derrick|first1=Paul|title=London vicar to be the new Dean of St Edmundsbury|url=https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/london-vicar-to-be-the-new-dean-of-st-edmundsbury-1-8416611|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=Bury Free Press|date=15 March 2018}} During his time at All Saints, he grew the congregation to more than 500 people each Sunday.{{cite web|title=New Dean of St Edmundsbury announced|url=http://www.cofesuffolk.org/news/article/a-priest-has-been-chosen-as-the-new-dean-of-st-edmundsbury|website=Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151843/http://www.cofesuffolk.org/news/article/a-priest-has-been-chosen-as-the-new-dean-of-st-edmundsbury|url-status=dead}} In 2011, he was additionally made an honorary canon of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Gaborone, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Botswana.

On 15 March 2018, it was announced that Hawes would be the next Dean of St Edmundsbury, the head of the chapter of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and the senior priest in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. He was installed as dean on 14 July 2018.[http://www.stedscathedral.co.uk/news/953-new-dean-for-st-edmundsbury-cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral — A New Dean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151758/http://www.stedscathedral.co.uk/news/953-new-dean-for-st-edmundsbury-cathedral |date=16 March 2018 }} (Accessed 15 March 2018)

Hawes belongs to the Liberal Catholic tradition of the Church of England.{{cite news|last1=Fraser|first1=Giles|title=Beating the bounds into the bishop|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2007/11-may/comment/beating-the-bounds-into-the-bishop|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=Church Times|date=9 May 2007}} In February 2012, he signed an open letter that stated the following:{{cite news|title=London clergy seek right to choose|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/3-february/news/uk/london-clergy-seek-right-to-choose|accessdate=16 March 2018|work=Church Times|date=1 February 2012}}

{{blockquote|We, the undersigned, believe that on the issue of holding civil partnership ceremonies in Church of England churches incumbents / priests in charge should be accorded the same rights as they enjoy at present in the matter of officiating at the marriage of divorced couples in church. Namely, that this should be a matter for the individual conscience of the incumbent/priest in charge.}}

Hawes, who is gay,{{Cite news|last=Burgess|first=Kaya|date=14 May 2018|title=Tebbit boycotts 'sodomite' dean's cathedral services|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/tebbit-boycotts-sodomite-deans-cathedral-services-p6x6lvswj|access-date=15 September 2021|issn=0140-0460}} met his partner Chris Eyden while training at St Stephen's House, Oxford. He is in a civil partnership with Eyden, who was the vicar of All Saints' Church, Putney Common,{{cite web|title=The Ministry Team|url=http://allsaints.parishofputney.com/?page_id=100|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127112632/http://allsaints.parishofputney.com/?page_id=100|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2016|website=All Saints' Putney|publisher=Parish of Putney|accessdate=16 March 2018}} and who moved to Suffolk in 2019 to become interim parish priest of Haverhill with Withersfield and a formation adviser.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cofesuffolk.org/appointments-and-retirements|title = Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | Appointments and retirements}}

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