Vivienne Faull before moving to Leicester in 2000. On 13 May 2000, she was installed as Provost of Leicester Cathedral – the first (and, due to the Cathedrals Measure 1999 redesignating all cathedral provosts as deans, only) female cathedral provost in Church of England history. In 2002, when her job title (but not the essential nature of the role) changed, she became the Dean of Leicester – and thus, with that change of title, the first female dean in the Church of England. It was announced on 5 July 2012 that Faull was to become Dean of York in late 2012. She
The Reverend Jewish ministers of religion have the title Rabbi, which denotes that they have received rabbinical ordination (semicha). They are addressed as "Rabbi" or "Rabbi Surname". It is, however, not essential to be a rabbi to practice as a Jewish minister of religion. In particular, few cantors (chazzanim) are rabbis but many have authority to perform functions such as witnessing marriages. In this case they often use the style "The Reverend"; more usually, however, a cantor is called "Cantor" or "Cantor Surname". Some small communities without a rabbi will be led by a knowledgeable person who is styled as "Reverend". This