Peter Baelz

The Very Reverend Peter Richard Baelz was an Anglican Dean from 1980 until 1988. Born on 27 July 1923, he was educated at Dulwich and Cambridge University. He was ordained in 1950 and began his career with curacies in Bournville and Sherborne . After this he held incumbencies at Wishaw, Warwickshire and Bournville, Birmingham. From 1970 to 1982 he was Fellow and Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge and a Lecturer in Divinity. Next he was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford and finally Dean of Durham. An eminent author, he died on 15 March 2000.