RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The first dean of Christ Church Oxford was appointed in the 500-year history of churches.
Canon Sarah Foot, regius professor of ecclesiastical history at Oxford, has been appointed Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.
She takes up the position from 1 July in succession to the Very Rev Martyn Percy, who left in acrimonious circumstances after a four-year dispute with the governing body. Professor Foot has been acting dean since his departure and will stay while an independent review of the governance of Christ Church is completed, expected to be a lengthy process, after which she will stand down.
As an academic, she writes on women in religion, medieval monasticism, and the early history of the Church in England, and is currently working on a study of the life and work of the Venerable Bede.