Raymond Furnell

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Raymond Furnell (18 May 1936 – 10 July 2006) was the Dean of York from 1994 to 2003. He began his ministry as a curate in Cannock, Diocese of Lichfield (1965–1969), then served as vicar of Clayton in Newcastle-under-Lyme (1969–1975). He was Rural Dean for Stoke North until 1981, when he became Provost of St Edmundsbury in Bury St Edmunds, a post he held until moving to York Minster in 1994. He retired in May 2003 and returned to Bury St Edmunds, though he often visited York. As Dean of York, he helped present the York Mystery Plays to celebrate the Millennium.