Chris Dalliston is an accomplished religious leader with extensive experience in cathedral administration and pastoral care. Since January 2018, Chris has served as the Dean of Peterborough Cathedral. Prior to this role, Chris held the position of Dean at Newcastle Cathedral from July 2003 to January 2018. Earlier in the career, Chris served as Vicar in Boston from September 1995 to July 2003 and Vicar at St Edmund Forest Gate from September 1991 to September 1995. Chris holds a Master's degree in History from Peterhouse Cambridge, where studies were completed from 1975 to 1978, and attended Diss Grammar School.
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Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral is in the heart of the historic city of Peterborough, England. There has been a place of worship and prayer on this site for 1350 years, the present building is just over 900 years old. Today it continues to be the focus for a vibrant community. It is the principle church for the Church of England diocese of Peterborough, which serves Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough. The origins of the Cathedral can be traced back to King Peada of the Middle Angles who founded the first monastery on the site in 655AD. The monastic settlement was almost entirely destroyed by the Vikings in 870 and rebuilt as a Benedictine Abbey between 960 and 970. The Abbey church then survived Hereward the Wake’s attack on the Abbey in 1069, and remained intact until an accidental fire destroyed the second Abbey here in 1116. It was rebuilt in its present form between 1118 and 1238. It became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Peterborough in 1541 and it is now known as the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew.