Dean (Christianity) the Anglican Church of Canada, the roles of senior cleric of the cathedral are combined in one person who is referred to as "Rector of Cathedral and Dean of Diocese". Thus, Peter Elliott is Rector of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of New Westminster. The style "The Very Reverend" distinguishes a cleric as a dean (or a cathedral provost). For example, the Very Reverend June Osborne was Dean of Salisbury Cathedral. The legal act by which a cathedral dean in the Church of England takes up his or her role is the "institution", which is invariably followed in the same
The Most Reverend is identical to that described for Anglicanism. Archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". In other countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic "de numero". In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, archbishops and metropolitans are styled "The Most Reverend", provided that they are not the primates of autocephalous churches. Other bishops are styled "The Right Reverend". In some modern Christian denominations, particularly amongst episcopal Pentecostal churches (such as the Church of God in Christ), "The Most Reverend" is used to refer to archbishops