Keith Jukes
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| honorific-prefix = The Very Reverend
| name = Keith Jukes
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| image = Ripon's Dean & Lady Mayoress (7408957668) (Keith Jukes cropped).jpg
| caption = Jukes in 2012
| title = Dean of Ripon
| church = Church of England
| province = Province of York
| diocese = Diocese of Ripon
| term = 2007–2013
| predecessor = John Methuen
| successor = John Dobson
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| ordination = 1978 (Deacon)
30 June 1979 (Priest)
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| birth_name = Keith Michael Jukes
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| death_place = Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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| alma_mater = University of Leeds
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Keith Michael Jukes (18 February 1954 – 21 May 2013) was a senior Church of England priest. From 2007 to 2013, he was the dean of Ripon.
Early life and education
Jukes was born on 18 February 1954.Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} He studied theology at the University of Leeds and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976.{{cite web|title=Who's been here – Faith and charity|url=http://www.alumni.leeds.ac.uk/Page.aspx?pid=1100|publisher=The University of Leeds|accessdate=25 June 2012}} From 1977 to 1978, he spent a year at Lincoln Theological College, an Anglican theological college, to prepare for ordained ministry.{{Crockford| surname =Jukes | forenames =Keith Michael | id =25460 | accessed = 22 June 2018}}
Ordained ministry
Jukes was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1978 and as a priest on 30 June 1979.{{cite web|title=Ripon Cathedral Dean Keith Jukes' funeral held|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22734190|publisher=BBC|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=31 May 2013}} His first two postings were as a curate in the Diocese of Lichfield; the first from 1978 to 1981 and the second from 1981 to 1983. From 1983 to 1990, he was Curate-in-Charge of St Martin's Church, Stonydelph, Tamworth, Staffordshire: it is a jointly Anglican and Methodist church. In 1990, a team ministry was created joining St Martin's and two other churches.{{cite web |url=http://stgeorges-glascote.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Team-Rector-Advert.jpg |title=Parish of Glascote and Stonydelph |publisher=Diocese of Lichfield |access-date= 20 August 2015}} From 1990 to 1991, he served as Team Rector of the new parish and Rural Dean of Tamworth. Then, from 1991 to 1997, he served as Vicar of St Saviours Church, Hatherton, Staffordshire. In 1996, he was appointed a Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral
In 1997, he moved to the Diocese of York and was appointed Priest-in-Charge of Selby Abbey. He made Vicar of the Abbey in 1999.{{cite web|title=Vicar appointed as Dean of Ripon|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6147398.stm|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 June 2012|date=14 November 2006}} In March 2007, he moved to the Diocese of Ripon and was appointed Dean of Ripon Cathedral.{{cite web|title=Ripon Cathedral Dean Keith Jukes dies aged 59|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22617713|publisher=BBC|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=21 May 2013}} The previous Dean had left following allegations that his conduct was "unbecoming [of] the office of a clerk in Holy Orders".
He fell within the Liberal Catholic tradition of the Church of England, and was a firm supporter of women priests.
Death
On 21 May 2013, Jukes died from stomach cancer at Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He had announced his illness on 19 May, the previous Sunday.{{cite web |url=http://www.archbishopofyork.org/articles.php/2903/the-very-revd-keith-jukes |title=The Very Revd Keith Jukes |date=21 May 2013 |website=Press releases |publisher=The Archbishop of York |access-date=20 August 2015}} On 31 May, his funeral was held at Ripon Cathedral and led by John Packer, the then Bishop of Ripon and Leeds.
Personal life
In 1978, Jukes married Susanne (née Weatherhogg).{{cite news |date=30 May 2013 |title=The Very Rev Keith Jukes |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/the-very-rev-keith-jukes-rldtzvfq2bs |newspaper=The Times |access-date=20 August 2015 }}{{cite news |date=6 August 2013 |title=The Very Reverend Keith Jukes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10226449/The-Very-Reverend-Keith-Jukes.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=20 August 2015 }} Together they had two children: Laura and Matthew.{{cite news |date=25 May 2013 |title=Keith Jukes |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/community/keith-jukes-1-5707737 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |access-date=20 August 2015 }}
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