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| The Very. Revd. Justin Welby is distantly related to ], Baron Butler of Saffron Walden. His grandmother, Iris Mary Butler, is the sister of Lord Butler. Lord Butler died in 1982. | The Very. Revd. Justin Welby is distantly related to ], Baron Butler of Saffron Walden. His grandmother, Iris Mary Butler, is the sister of Lord Butler. Lord Butler died in 1982 and Iris Butler in 2002<ref>Iris Portal's obituary (née Butler)|http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article827530.ece</ref>. | ||
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The Very Reverend Justin Welby, MA is the current and sixth Dean of Liverpool in the Church of England. He studied Law and History at Trinity College, Cambridge before spending 11 years in the oil industry, eventually becoming Group Treasurer of Enterprise Oil Plc.
Between 1989 and 1992, he studied theology and trained for the priesthood at Cranmer Hall and St John's College, Durham before becoming a curate at Chilvers Coton with Astley (Nuneaton, UK) between 1992 and 1995. He then became Rector of Southam and Vicar of Ufton from 1995 and 2002. During this time he was known as the Reverend Justin Welby.
In 2002, he was appointed Canon Residentiary at Coventry Cathedral, and was also Co-Director for International Ministry betwee 2002 and 2005. In 2005, he was appointed Sub-Dean and Canon for Reconciliation Ministry. During this time he was known as the Reverend Canon Justin Welby.
He was appointed Dean of Liverpool in December 2007 and was installed in a service at Liverpool Cathedral, UK on 8 December 2007 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
He has written widely on ethics and on finance, featuring in books such as Managing the Church?: Order and Organization in a Secular Age and Explorations in Financial Ethics. He also wrote a book entitled Can Companies Sin?: "Whether", "How" and "Who" in Company Accountability which was published by Grove Books in 1992.
Genealogy
The Very. Revd. Justin Welby is distantly related to Sir Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden. His grandmother, Iris Mary Butler, is the sister of Lord Butler. Lord Butler died in 1982 and Iris Butler in 2002.
- Iris Portal's obituary (née Butler)|http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article827530.ece