List of deans in the Church of England

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Key
Active dean Male dean
Inactive dean Female dean
Position vacant

The deans in the Church of England are the senior Anglican clergy who head the chapter of a collegiate church. If they are dean of the diocesan chapter, they are the senior priest of the diocese and often also undertake some other diocesan and civic duties in the area.

Deans

# Church Dean Person Date of birth & age Instituted[lower-roman 1]
1 Canterbury Cathedral The Dean of Canterbury Robert Willis (1947-05-17) 17 May 1947 (age 76) November 1992 (Hereford)[1]
2001 (Canterbury)
2 Winchester Cathedral The Dean of Winchester James Atwell[upper-alpha 1] (1946-06-03) 3 June 1946 (age 77) 22 January 1995 (St Ed's)[lower-roman 2][3]
25 March 2006 (Winchester)
4 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle The Dean of Windsor David Conner (1947-04-06) 6 April 1947 (age 77) 1998
5 York Minster The Dean of York Vivienne Faull (1955-05-20) 20 May 1955 (age 68) 13 May 2000 (Leicester)[lower-roman 2]
1 December 2012 (York)[4]
6 Blackburn Cathedral The Dean of Blackburn Christopher Armstrong[upper-alpha 2] (1947-12-18) 18 December 1947 (age 76) November 2001
7 Hereford Cathedral The Dean of Hereford Michael Tavinor (1953-09-11) 11 September 1953 (age 70) 2002
8 Chester Cathedral The Dean of Chester Gordon McPhate (1950-06-01) 1 June 1950 (age 73) 7 September 2002
9 Portsmouth Cathedral The Dean of Portsmouth David Brindley (1953-06-11) 11 June 1953 (age 70) 2002
10 Newcastle Cathedral The Dean of Newcastle Chris Dalliston (1956-04-02) 2 April 1956 (age 68) 12 July 2003
11 Sheffield Cathedral The Dean of Sheffield Peter Bradley (1964-06-26) 26 June 1964 (age 59) 2003
13 Salisbury Cathedral The Dean of Salisbury June Osborne (1953-06-10) 10 June 1953 (age 70) 1 May 2004
14 St Albans Cathedral The Dean of St Albans Jeffrey John (1953-02-10) 10 February 1953 (age 71) 2 July 2004
15 Carlisle Cathedral The Dean of Carlisle Mark Boyling (1952-10-14) 14 October 1952 (age 71) 2 October 2004[7]
16 St Paul's Cathedral The Dean of St Paul's David Ison (1954-09-15) 15 September 1954 (age 69) September 2005 (Bradford)[8]
25 May 2012 (St Paul's)
17 Lichfield Cathedral The Dean of Lichfield Adrian Dorber (1952-09-23) 23 September 1952 (age 71) 24 September 2005
18 Manchester Cathedral The Dean of Manchester Rogers Govender (1960-06-27) 27 June 1960 (age 63) 14 January 2006
19 Westminster Abbey The Dean of Westminster John Hall (1949-03-13) 13 March 1949 (age 75) 2 December 2006
21 Peterborough Cathedral The Dean of Peterborough Charles Taylor (1953-03-16) 16 March 1953 (age 71) 24 March 2007
22 Worcester Cathedral The Dean of Worcester Peter Atkinson (1952-08-26) 26 August 1952 (age 71) 28 April 2007
23 Wakefield Cathedral[lower-roman 3] The Dean of Wakefield,
presiding dean in the Diocese of Leeds		 Jonathan Greener (1961-03-09) 9 March 1961 (age 63) 8 December 2007
24 Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar The Dean of Gibraltar John Paddock (1951-08-08) 8 August 1951 (age 72) 2 December 2008
25 Bristol Cathedral The Dean of Bristol David Hoyle (1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 (age 67)1957 (age 66–67) 29 May 2010
26 St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham The Dean of Birmingham Catherine Ogle (1961-05-12) 12 May 1961 (age 62)[10] 2 September 2010[11]
27 Derby Cathedral The Dean of Derby John Davies (1957-11-29) 29 November 1957 (age 66)[12] 9 October 2010[13]
28 St Edmundsbury Cathedral The Dean of St Edmundsbury Frances Ward (1959-09-16) 16 September 1959 (age 64)[14] 16 October 2010[15]
29 Gloucester Cathedral The Dean of Gloucester Stephen Lake (1963-12-17) 17 December 1963 (age 60)[16] 12 June 2011
30 Peel Cathedral The Dean of Peel Nigel Godfrey 1951 (age 72–73)[17] 15 October 2011
31 Southwark Cathedral The Dean of Southwark Andrew Nunn (1957-07-30) 30 July 1957 (age 66)[18] 21 January 2012[19]
32 Exeter Cathedral The Dean of Exeter Jonathan Draper (1952-02-27) 27 February 1952 (age 72)[20] 3 March 2012
34 Liverpool Cathedral The Dean of Liverpool Pete Wilcox 1961 (age 62–63)[21] 15 September 2012[22]
35 Ely Cathedral The Dean of Ely Mark Bonney (1957-03-02) 2 March 1957 (age 67)[23] 22 September 2012
36 Truro Cathedral The Dean of Truro Roger Bush (1956-11-22) 22 November 1956 (age 67)[24] 22 September 2012[25]
37 Coventry Cathedral The Dean of Coventry John Witcombe 1959 (age 64–65)[26] 19 January 2013[27]
38 Leicester Cathedral The Dean of Leicester David Monteith 1968 (age 55–56)[28] 18 May 2013[29]
39 Bradford Cathedral[lower-roman 3] The Dean of Bradford Jerry Lepine 1956 (age 67–68)[30] 14 July 2013[31]
40 Guildford Cathedral The Dean of Guildford Dianna Gwilliams 1957 (age 66–67)[32] 15 September 2013[33]
41 Chelmsford Cathedral The Dean of Chelmsford Nicholas Henshall 1962 (age 61–62)[34] 2 February 2014[35]
42 Ripon Cathedral[lower-roman 3] The Dean of Ripon John Dobson[36] 1964 (age 59–60)[37] 14 June 2014[38]
43 Norwich Cathedral The Dean of Norwich Jane Hedges (1955-04-06) 6 April 1955 (age 69)[39] 21 June 2014[40]
44 Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford The Dean of Christ Church Martyn Percy (1962-07-31) 31 July 1962 (age 61)[41] 4 October 2014[42]
45 Chichester Cathedral The Dean of Chichester Stephen Waine 1959 (age 64–65)[43] 14 February 2015[44]
46 Durham Cathedral Dean-designate of Durham Andrew Tremlett[45] (1964-03-09) 9 March 1964 (age 60)[46] 1 July 2016"summer" 2016
47 Rochester Cathedral Dean-designate of Rochester Phil Hesketh[47] 1964 (age 59–60)[48] 1 August 2016TBA
48 Southwell Minster Dean-designate of Southwell Nicola Sullivan (1958-08-15) 15 August 1958 (age 65)[49] 1 September 2016TBA[50]
49 Lincoln Cathedral Dean-designate of Lincoln Christine Wilson (1958-03-26) 26 March 1958 (age 66)[51] 22 October 2016[52]
50 Wells Cathedral The Dean of Wells ZxVacant since 31 December 2015 (2000-01-15) January 15, 2000 (age 24) 15 January 2038

Acting deans

Church Acting dean Person Date of birth & age Acting since
Southwell Minster Acting Dean of Southwell Nigel Coates[53] 1951 (age 72–73)[54] 30 June 2014
Rochester Cathedral Acting Dean of Rochester Phil Hesketh 1964 (age 59–60)[48] 25 January 2015[55]
Durham Cathedral Acting Dean of Durham David Kennedy 27 September 2015
Wells Cathedral Acting Dean of Wells Andrew Featherstone[56] 31 December 2015
Lincoln Cathedral Acting Dean of Lincoln John Patrick[57] 31 January 2016[58]
Blackburn Cathedral Acting Dean of Blackburn,
The Bishop suffragan of Burnley		 Philip North[59] 1966 (age 57–58) 17 June 2016Not announced

Resignations and retirements

  1. ↑ It has been announced that Atwell is to retire in June 2016.[2]
  2. ↑ It has been announced that Armstrong is to resign, leaving in May,[5] but effective legally 17 June 2016.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ The date the person first became a dean.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Provosts until 2000.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 When the Leeds diocese was formed on 20 April 2014, the cathedrals at Bradford, Ripon and Wakefield became part of that diocese; their deans (or acting deans) remain deans (or acting deans) of their respective cathedrals and Jonathan Greener, Dean of Wakefield become the presiding dean of the diocesan chapter and senior priest of the new diocese until the election of the first diocesan bishop is confirmed on 8 June. At that point, the diocesan bishop must appoint a presiding dean.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Hereford Cathedral: a history", G. E. Aylmer and John Eric Tiller
  2. ↑ Winchester Cathedral — Dean James' retirement (Accessed 20 February 2016)
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Diocese of Leicester – Installation for Faull as Dean of York
  5. ↑ Diocese of Blackburn — Blackburn Cathedral's Dean announces he will move on in May (Accessed 23 January 2016)
  6. ↑ Blackburn Cathedral — Armstrong announces resignation (Accessed 14 May 2016)
  7. ↑ Mayor's Engagements, October 2004
  8. ↑ Bradford Diocese – Senior Staff
  9. ↑ The Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield Reorganisation Scheme 2013 (Accessed 3 February 2014)
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Diocese of Birmingham – New Dean for Birmingham (Accessed 5 January 2013)
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Derby Cathedral – Dean’s Installation
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ St Edmundsbury Cathedral – Installation of the Reverend Canon Dr Frances Ward as Dean
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Diocese of Southwark – Tenth Dean of Southwark announced
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Liverpool Cathedral – Installation of the Seventh Dean
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Truro Cathedral Press Release – New Dean
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  27. ↑ BBC News – Witcombe appointed Dean
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  29. ↑ Diocese of Leicester – New Dean of Leicester announced
  30. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  31. ↑ Bradford Diocese – New Dean of Bradford
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  33. ↑ Diocese of Guildford – New Dean of Guildford announced
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  35. ↑ Diocese of Chelmsford – Henshall appointed Dean (Accessed 15 November 2013)
  36. ↑ Ripon Cathedral – Ripon Cathedral welcomes announcement of new Dean (Accessed 13 March 2014)
  37. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  40. ↑ Norwich Cathedral – Dean Jane Hedges installed (Accessed 1 July 2014)
  41. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ Christ Church Cathedral e-newsletter, No. 31, Autumn 2014 (Accessed 3 October 2014)
  43. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  44. ↑ Diocese of Chichester – Downing Street announces new Dean of Chichester Cathedral (Accessed 20 November 2014)
  45. ↑ Diocese of Durham news room — Andrew Tremlett named as next Dean of Durham (Accessed 17 December 2015)
  46. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  47. ↑ Rochester Cathedral — New Dean (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  49. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  50. ↑ Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham — New Dean of Southwell announced (Accessed 4 April 2016)
  51. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  52. ↑ Diocese of Lincoln — New Dean of Lincoln (Accessed 27 May 2016)
  53. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  54. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  55. ↑ The Bishop of Rochester – Rochester Cathedral (Accessed 26 January 2015)
  56. ↑ Bishop of Bath & Wells Appoints Acting Dean of Wells (Accessed 10 January 2016)
  57. ↑ Lincoln Cathedral — Visit Us (Accessed 4 April 2016)
  58. ↑ Lincoln Cathedral — Chapter Letter, 10 – 23 January 2016 (Accessed 4 April 2016)
  59. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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