Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser, Vicar

Father Giles was ordained deacon in 1993 and priest in 1994, serving as curate of All Saints’ Church in Streetly, Birmingham from 1993 to 1997. From 1997 to 2006 he was a chaplain and then a lecturer in philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford.

In 2000 he became team rector of St Mary’s Church, Putney, where he campaigned to raise the profile of the Putney Debates of 1647. While he was vicar there, St Mary’s hosted the foundational meeting of Inclusive Church — which campaigns for all kinds of inclusion within the church — on 11 August 2003; Father Giles served as its first chair of trustees until 2005.

From 2009 to 2011 he was canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with special responsibility for contemporary ethics and engagement with the City of London as a financial centre.

Father Giles was also a visiting professor in the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Director of the St Paul’s Institute from 2009 to 2011.

In 2012 Father Giles was appointed priest-in-charge of St Mary’s, Newington in south London and in 2022 he became vicar of St Anne’s Church, Kew.

Since 2009 he has been an honorary canon of the Diocese of Sefwi Wiawso in Ghana.

Father Giles is also a journalist and broadcaster. He appears regularly on Radio 4 on Thought for the Day, The Moral Maze and hosts the programme Beyond Belief. He is also published regularly on UnHerd.

Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser at St Anne's Church, Kew