title: Deanery of Reading
text: # Deanery of Reading
  
  The Deanery of Reading lies within the Church of England Archdeaconry of Berkshire in the Diocese of Oxford. As of 2007, there were reported to be 3,428 members of churches within the deanery.
  
  ## Deans
  
  ### Rural deans
  
  * 1859 Rev. John Wilder
  
  ### Area deans
  
  * -2013: Canon Brian Shenton
  * 2014-2017: Rev'd Stephen Pullin
  * 2017- : Rev'd Dr Graeme Fancourt
  
  ## Churches
  
  There are 39 churches in the Deanery of Reading, as of 2015:
  
  * St Mary The Virgin, Beech Hill
  * Caversham Park (LEP)
  * St Andrew, Caversham
  * St John the Baptist, Caversham
  * St Peter, Caversham
  * St Nicolas, Earley
  * St Peter, Earley
  * St Barnabas, Emmer Green
  * Trinity Church, Lower Earley
  * St Margaret's, Mapledurham
  * All Saints, Reading
  * Christ Church, Reading
  * Greyfriars, Reading
  * Holy Trinity, Reading
  * Minister of St Mary the Virgin, Reading
  * New Hope Community Church, Reading
  * St Agnes, Reading
  * St Barnabas, Reading
  * St Bartholomew, Reading
  * St Giles, Reading
  * St John the Evangelist and St Stephen, Reading
  * St Laurence, Reading
  * St Luke, Reading
  * St Mark, Reading
  * St Matthews, Reading
  * St Paul, Reading
  * St Mary's, Shinfield
  * St Michael's & All Angels, Spencer's Wood
  * All Saints, Swallowfield
  * Cornwell Community Church, Tilehurst
  * St Birinus Mission, Tilehurst
  * St Catherine of Sienna, Tilehurst
  * St George, Tilehurst
  * St Mary Magdalen, Tilehurst
  * St Michael, Tilehurst
  * Airfield, Woodley
  * Emmanuel, Woodley
  * St James, Woodley
  * St John the Evangelist, Woodley
  