Noel Christopherson

Who was Noel Christopherson?

Noel Charles Christopherson, MC was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1943 until 1965.

He was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1913 and began his career with a curacy at St John’s, Walworth. He was then appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Newcastle. During the Great War he was a Chaplain to the Forces and was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross. When peace returned he became Vicar of St John’s, East Dulwich then Archdeacon of Colombo. From 1935 he was Vicar of Eltham and after that Rural Dean of Woolwich before his elevation to the Deanery.