Jost Andreas Loewe (born 27 February 1973) is an Australian Anglican priest. He has been the 15th Dean of Melbourne since 2012, the second-youngest dean in the history of the diocese.The Age
An academic theologian and music historian, Loewe is also an honorary fellow and lecturer at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.Academia.edu website.
Life and career Education Loewe was born in Munich, Bavaria. He was educated at the United World College of the Atlantic before attending St Peter's College, Oxford (BA 1995, MPhil 1997, MA 1999).St Peter's College Oxford website
After further studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he was Gosden Lay Chaplain, Loewe submitted for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree which was awarded in 2001.Crockford's Clerical Directory.
Ministry Loewe was ordained in 2001 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. After a curacy in Upton-cum-Chalvey from 2001 to 2004, he was appointed associate vicar of St Mary the Great and chaplain of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, positions he held from 2004 to 2009 while also serving as a senior member of the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.Crockford's Clerical Directory.
From 2009 to 2012, Loewe was chaplain and Gavan Lecturer in Theology at Trinity College, Melbourne.The Age newspaper website. His academic research focuses on the Reformation in England and Germany as well as music history, in particular the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Loewe was installed as Dean of Melbourne at St Paul's Cathedral on 13 October 2012, "the second youngest of Melbourne’s 15 Deans in the 165-year history of the Diocese".
On 18 December 2012, Loewe officiated at the state memorial service celebrating the life of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.International Business Times On 15 December 2013, he officiated at a public commemoration of Nelson Mandela's life.Anglican Media Melbourne website On 24 July 2014, he led a multi-faith memorial service for those who died on Flight MH17.ABC News On 13 August 2014, he officiated at the installation of Philip Freier as Primate of Australia in the presence of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.St Paul's Cathedral website.
Other Loewe was elected as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) in 2011,Royal Historical Society website and was one of seven Rex Lipman Fellowswww.thinkers.sa.gov.au who visited St Peter's College, Adelaide in 2012.St Peter's College Adelaide website.
Loewe is an advocate for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and has repeatedly called on the federal government to end offshore detention.St Paul's Cathedral website. In a letter to The Age newspaper in January 2014, he described Australia's refugee policy as "inhumane to those seeking our protection and demeaning to Australia".Letter to The Age, 18 January 2014. In August 2018 he became an ambassador of the Kids off Nauru initiative, advocating for the removal of children and their families from the Nauru Regional Processing Centre, and calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to "show compassion to the children held on Nauru and to end this tragedy".
Honours - Officer of the Order of St John (OStJ); appointed by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 for services to St John Ambulance Australia,Australian Gazette. promoted to Commander in 2022.Australian Gazette.
References
External links St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne website