Peter Haynes

Who is Peter Haynes?

Peter Haynes was an Anglican priest in the late 20th century.

He was born on 24 April 1925, educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained in 1953. He held curacies at Stokesley and Hessle after which he was Vicar of Drypool. From 1963 to 1970 he was Bishop’s Chaplain for Youth in the Diocese of Bath and Wells then Vicar of Glastonbury. In 1974 he became Archdeacon of Wells and a Canon Residentiary at the Cathedral. In 1982 he was appointed Dean of Hereford, a post he held for a decade.