The Rev'd Canon Dr Jennifer Cooper

Executive Residentiary Canon

(From June 2026) Jennifer will be our Canon Chancellor which means that she is responsible for the Cathedral’s programme for learning (including schools, adult learning, community engagement), the Cathedral’s welcome to visitors, as well as growing pilgrimage and nurturing ecumenical relations. 

Hailing from Canada, Jennifer joins us from The Dioceses of Durham and Newcastle, where she has been the Director of Initial Ministerial Education since 2019 and is currently the Canon Theologian at Newcastle Cathedral. Prior to that, for 10 years, Jennifer was Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology at the College of the Resurrection Mirfield and associate Lecturer at the University of Leeds and Sheffield. Jennifer has also been theological consultant to the International Anglican Roman-Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission.

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