Dean
DEAN
The Very Reverend Dr Houston McKelveyTel: (028) 9032 8332 (Office) (028) 9066 0980 (Home) 078 022 07825 (Mobile)
dean@belfastcathedral.org
The Very Reverend Dr Houston McKelvey has been Dean of Belfast since June
2001. He served in two suburban parishes after ordination (1967). For 19 years
prior to becoming dean, he was adviser on education policy in Northern
Ireland to the Church of Ireland General Synod Board. He currently serves on
the Belfast local education authority and on the boards of governors of
schools in socially deprived Roman Catholic and Protestant areas. He is
firmly committed to inter-church co-operation and the Cathedral's
Partnership with St Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral. He was the founder co
- chair of the Northern Ireland branch of the Council for Christians and
Jews. He wishes to further develop the civic witness of the cathedral and
its role in supporting the tourist industry in the city.
A former Territorial Army Chaplain with 29 years service to the Ulster and
Scottish Gunners, he was the first chaplain to be awarded the Queen1s
Volunteer Reserve Medal, presented by HM The Queen.
He is a former member of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland. He
serves as a county chaplain for scouts and is a former district
commissioner. A writer and local broadcaster, he is a former editor of "The
Church of Ireland Gazette". Sails offshore. Married to Roberta - who is a
Central Trustee of Mothers1 Union. They have a son John - Civil servant in
London.
Educated at Muckamore Primary School, The Royal Belfast Academical
Institution; The Queen's University in Belfast from which he has a primary
honours degree in geography and a Masters in Education; Trinity College,
Dublin - theology; and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Methodist
seminary at North-Western University, Evanston, Illinois.
