Arwen Folkes appointed Dean of Exeter

The King has approved the nomination of the Reverend Arwen Caroline Folkes as Dean of Exeter, succeeding the Very Reverend Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener following his resignation.

Folkes has been Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Eastbourne, in the Diocese of Chichester, since 2024. The appointment was announced on 10 November 2026.

She trained for ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge, gaining a BA (Hons) and an 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, she was appointed Rector of St Peter’s, East Blatchington, and St Andrew’s, Bishopstone, in the Diocese of Chichester, before moving to her current parish in Eastbourne.