Peter J. Beck is an Anglican priest in New Zealand. He was the dean of ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch from 2002 until December 2011 when he resigned to contest a vacancy on Christchurch City Council in a 2012 by-election.
Beck in 2011
Beck attending the 2011 Independence Day celebration at the US Embassy in Wellington
ChristChurch Cathedral, also called Christ Church Cathedral and (rarely) Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built between 1864 and 1904 in the centre of the city, surrounded by Cathedral Square. It became the cathedral seat of the Bishop of Christchurch, who is in the New Zealand tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
ChristChurch, Cathedral Square, in 2006
Architect Sir George Gilbert Scott
Aerial view of Cathedral Square showing the curved alignment of Colombo Street (pre-1954)
ChristChurch Cathedral prior to 1894 without the western porch