Kenneth Joseph Riley, OBE (born 25 June 1940) was the Dean of Manchester in the last decade of the 20th century and the first of the 21st.
[2] Born on 25 June 1940, he was educated at Aberystwyth University and Linacre College, Oxford.
He was ordained in 1965 and began his ministry as a curate at Emmanuel Church, Fazakerley.
[3] After this he was chaplain at Brasted Place College,[4] then Oundle School and finally Liverpool University.
[5] He was appointed an OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours List and retired in 2005.