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 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