John Oakley (priest)

John Oakley (28 October 1834 – 10 June 1890) was Dean of Carlisle and then Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th century."The Very Rev Dr J. Oakley". The Times Thursday 12 June 1890; pg 5; Issue 33036; Col F Obituary

Born in Frindsbury, Kent, Oakley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1858. After curacies at St Luke’s, Berwick Street,Westminster City Archives and St James, Piccadilly, London,Church Web-Site he was then Vicar of St Saviour’s, Hoxton followed by a short spell in Carlisle as Dean of the cathedral followed by a further six years at Manchester, also as dean.

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