Christopher Russell Campling (4 July 1925 – 9 December 2020) was a British Anglican priest who was the Dean of Ripon.
[1] Campling was born on 4 July 1925 and educated at Lancing College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
[2] Ordained in 1952 he began his career with a curacy in Basingstoke[3] after which he was a Minor Canon at Ely Cathedral.
Later Vicar then Rural Dean of Pershore, his next appointment was as Archdeacon of Dudley in 1975 — a post he held jointly with his role as director of education for the Anglican Diocese of Worcester and priest-in-charge of St Augustine's Church, Dodderhill, Droitwich.
[5] After 11 years as head of Ripon Cathedral, he retired from full-time ministry.