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 Reverend future passive participle of the verb "revereri" ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". "The Reverend" is therefore equivalent to "The Honourable" or "The Venerable". It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Anglican archbishops and most Roman Catholic bishops are usually styled "The Most Reverend" ("reverendissimus"); other Anglican bishops and some Roman Catholic bishops are styled "The Right Reverend"; some Reformed churches have used "The Reverend Mister" as a style for their clergy. With Christian clergy, the forms "His Reverence" and "Her Reverence" is also sometimes