What is Hull Deanery?

Hull Deanery is the largest out of the 21 deaneries in the Diocese of York in the Church of England. It is split into 3 areas which covers the city of Hull, villages such as North Ferriby and Swanland and the areas of Willerby and Anlaby. 

The Deanery is supported by a Leadership Team which guides the parishes and encourages collaboration and mission. The team oversees the Deanery Synod, which meets regularly gathering representatives from across the group of churches, and is accountable to the Archdeacon of Hull and the East Riding.   

There are currently six members of the team chaired by the Area Dean who is a Church Leader and a Lay Dean who is a Church member.  Other members include Church Leaders and those skilled in Strategy, Finance etc with a deep experience and love for their City and Deanery.

The key priorities identified in the Hull Deanery Plan are:  

  • An emphasis and priority put on outreach 

  • An empowering and equipping of both lay and clergy  

  • A creation of ways of sharing resources better 

  • Better communication 

  • Building on good things already happening 

  • Overall, we will promote a far deeper level of partnership, sharing and mutual accountability between ministers and churches 

The Deanery Plan is part of the wider Diocese of York Strategy called Living Christ’s Story. The plan has provided the inspiration for the Heart for Hull initiative and the Deanery structure is the bedrock from which the workstreams can be developed.
The Leadership Team and the churches all have a ‘heart for Hull’; to see God’s kingdom come on Earth, in the Hull Deanery, as it is in Heaven, for people to live life to the full, come to know and have a life-giving relationship with Jesus.