Jo Kelly-Moore


Joanne Kelly-Moore is a New Zealand Anglican priest who has been the Archdeacon of Canterbury in the Church of England since 2017. She was previously the Dean of Auckland in the Anglican Church of New Zealand from 2010 to 2017.

Early life, education and family

She was born in Wellington in 1968 and educated at Victoria University of Wellington, whence she graduated Bachelor of Arts and of Laws. She married Paul and they have two children. Before training for the ministry, Kelly-Moore practiced as a solicitor in New Zealand and in London.

Ministry career

Following ordination training at the Bible College of New Zealand, she was made deacon in 2000 and ordained priest in 2001. She served first as assistant curate at St Aidan's Remuera until 2004, when she became its vicar; in Remuera she was additionally chaplain to Corran School for Girls. In August 2010, she was installed as Dean of Auckland. During her time as dean, she oversaw the completion of the cathedral church building and was also deputy vicar-general of the diocese. She served on the general synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and on that synod's standing committee.
On 11 September 2016, it was announced that Kelly-Moore was to become Archdeacon of Canterbury, in the United Kingdom. She was duly collated on 22 January 2017, becoming also a Canon of Canterbury. The Cathedral uses "Vice Dean" not of one particular appointee, but to refer to the Canon in Residence for each month.