‘Retiring Dean [of Perth] leaves his mark’

Posted on July 25, 2014 
Filed under Australian dioceses

John Shepherd, Dean of Perth 1990 - 2014“For almost a quarter of a century, John Shepherd has worked in one of Perth’s most recognisable and loved buildings. As Anglican Dean of Perth, he has filled St George’s Cathedral with song and music.

“What a cathedral does is give people permission to imagine God … to imagine the dimensions of the divine,” he said. …

He ruffled the feathers of conservative members of the Church by inviting a Buddhist abbot and a Muslim cleric to preach.”

– from The West Australian. (Photo: St. George’s Cathedral Perth.)