Douglas Dales

The Revd Douglas Dales is an Anglican parish priest in the Oxford diocese and was formerly Chaplain of Marlborough College, an independent boarding school of boys and girls, where he taught Theology, History and Latin. He has active friendships with Catholic and Orthodox monasteries in the UK and abroad, including Mount Athos, as well as links with the Lutheran church in Latvia and Austria. He teaches theology and church history and travels widely in Europe. He is married with three grown up children and seven grandchildren. He has recently produced a trilogy of studies of St Bonaventure to mark the eighth centenary of his birth in 1217, which are also being published in Korean. He has recently published a fourth study - of deification in the theology of St Bonaventure. His study of St Dunstan was published as an enhanced third edition to mark the coronation of King Charles III. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His interests include music, art, archaeology and horticulture.