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'''Michael Leslie Yorke''' was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]] in the last decades of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st.<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]]'' 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}}</ref> He was born on 25 March 1939<ref>''[[Who's Who]]'' 2008: London, [[A & C Black]] {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}</ref> and educated at [[Midhurst Grammar School]] and [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]]. Ordained in 1965 his first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] at [[Croydon]] Parish Church <ref>[http://www.croydon-parish-church.org.uk/ Church web-site]</ref> after which he served as [[Succentor]], [[Precentor]] and [[Chaplain]] at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]]. Following this he was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Hadstock]], a [[Canon (priest)|Canon Residentiary]] at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]], [[Vicar]] of St Margaret’s with St Nicholas, [[King’s Lynn]] and [[Provost (religion)|Provost]] of [[Portsmouth Cathedral]].<ref>[http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/people/vicars-of-portsmouth.htm History In Portsmouth]</ref> In 1999 he became [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Lichfield Cathedral|Lichfield]], and is now in retirement as [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] [[Emeritus]].