The next Dean of Exeter is to be the Revd Arwen Folkes. The announcement is in this press release copied below) from the Prime Minister’s Office. There is more detail on the Exeter Cathedral website.
Appointment of Dean of Exeter: 10 November 2026
The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Arwen Caroline Folkes, Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Eastbourne, in the Diocese of Chichester, as Dean of Exeter, in succession to The Very Reverend Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener, following his resignation.
From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street
Published: 10 November 2026
The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Arwen Caroline Folkes, Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Eastbourne, in the Diocese of Chichester, as Dean of Exeter, in succession to The Very Reverend Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener, following his resignation.
Background
Arwen trained for ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge, gaining a BA (Hons) and MA from Durham University. She served her title at St. Just in Roseland and St. Mawes, in the Diocese of Truro, and was ordained priest in 2017.
In 2019, Arwen was appointed Rector of St. Peter’s East Blatchington and St. Andrew’s, Bishopstone, in the Diocese of Chichester, before taking up her current role as Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Eastbourne, in 2024.