List of deans in the Church of England

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 (almost all of which are cathedrals). 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. As of 31 May 2022^[update], there are 46 deans (including vacancies): 44 of cathedrals plus the two royal peculiars.

Deans edit

Church	Dean	Person	Date of birth & age	Instituted^[i]
Canterbury Cathedral	The Dean of Canterbury	David Monteith	(1968-06-05) 5 June 1968 (age 55)	18 May 2013 (Leicester)^[1] 17 December 2022 (Canterbury)^[2]
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle	The Dean of Windsor	Christopher Cocksworth	(1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 65)	6 November 2023^[3]
Peterborough Cathedral	The Dean of Peterborough	Chris Dalliston	(1956-04-02) 2 April 1956 (age 68)	12 July 2003 (Newcastle) 20 January 2018 (Peterborough)^[4]
Manchester Cathedral	The Dean of Manchester	Rogers Govender	(1960-06-27) 27 June 1960 (age 63)	14 January 2006
Exeter Cathedral	The Dean of Exeter	Jonathan Greener	(1961-03-09) 9 March 1961 (age 63)	8 December 2007 (Wakefield) 26 November 2017 (Exeter)
Westminster Abbey	The Dean of Westminster	David Hoyle	(1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 (age 67)1957 (age 66–67)	29 May 2010 (Bristol) 16 November 2019 (Westminster)^[5]
Winchester Cathedral	The Dean of Winchester	Catherine Ogle	(1961-05-12) 12 May 1961 (age 63)^[6]	2 September 2010 (Birmingham)^[7] 11 February 2017 (Winchester)^[8]
Peel Cathedral	The Dean of Peel	Nigel Godfrey	(1951-04-25) 25 April 1951 (age 73)	15 October 2011
Ely Cathedral	The Dean of Ely	Mark Bonney	(1957-03-02) 2 March 1957 (age 67)^[9]	22 September 2012
Coventry Cathedral	The Dean of Coventry	John Witcombe	(1959-03-01) 1 March 1959 (age 65)	19 January 2013^[10]
Ripon Cathedral^[ii]	The Dean of Ripon	John Dobson^[12]	(1964-11-16) 16 November 1964 (age 59)	14 June 2014^[13]
York Minster	The Dean of York	Dominic Barrington	1962 (age 61–62)^[14]	13 September 2015 (Chicago)^[15] 12 November 2022 (York)^[16]
Rochester Cathedral	The Dean of Rochester	Philip Hesketh^[17]	(1964-11-15) 15 November 1964 (age 59)	19 June 2016^[18]
St Paul's Cathedral, London	The Dean of St Paul's	Andrew Tremlett	(1964-03-09) 9 March 1964 (age 60)^[19]	17 July 2016 (Durham)^[20] 25 September 2022 (St Paul's)^[21]
Southwell Minster	The Dean of Southwell	Nicola Sullivan^[22]	(1958-08-15) 15 August 1958 (age 65)^[23]	17 September 2016^[24]
Blackburn Cathedral	The Dean of Blackburn	Peter Howell-Jones	1962 (age 61–62)	25 March 2017^[25]
Birmingham Cathedral	The Dean of Birmingham	Matt Thompson	1968 (age 55–56)^[26]	30 September 2017^[27]
Liverpool Cathedral	The Dean of Liverpool	Sue Jones	1960 (age 63–64)^[28]	5 May 2018^[29]
St Edmundsbury Cathedral	The Dean of St Edmundsbury	Joe Hawes	1965 (age 58–59)^[30]	14 July 2018^[31]
Chester Cathedral	The Dean of Chester	Tim Stratford	(1961-02-26) 26 February 1961 (age 63)^[32]	8 September 2018^[33]
Salisbury Cathedral	The Dean of Salisbury	Nick Papadopulos	1966 (age 57–58)^[34]	9 September 2018^[35]
Wakefield Cathedral^[ii]	The Dean of Wakefield	Simon Cowling	1966 (age 57–58)^[36]	29 September 2018^[37]
Portsmouth Cathedral	The Dean of Portsmouth	Anthony Cane	1961 (age 62–63)^[38]	16 March 2019^[39]
Derby Cathedral	The Dean of Derby	Peter Robinson	1961 (age 62–63)^[40]	20 July 2020^[41]
Bristol Cathedral	The Dean of Bristol	Mandy Ford	1961 (age 62–63)^[42]	3 October 2020^[43]
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar	The Dean of Gibraltar	Ian Tarrant	1957 (age 66–67)^[44]	13 October 2020^[45]
Hereford Cathedral	The Dean of Hereford	Sarah Brown	withheld^[46]	2 October 2021^[47]
Sheffield Cathedral	The Dean of Sheffield	Abi Thompson	1975 (age 48–49)^[48]	6 November 2021^[49]
St Albans Cathedral	The Dean of St Albans	Jo Kelly-Moore	1968 (age 55–56)^[50]	4 December 2021^[51]
Bradford Cathedral^[ii]	The Dean of Bradford	Andy Bowerman	1967 (age 56–57)^[52]	19 June 2022^[53]
Norwich Cathedral	The Dean of Norwich	Andrew Braddock	1971 (age 52–53)^[54]	28 January 2023^[55]
Gloucester Cathedral	The Dean of Gloucester	Andrew Zihni	1977 (age 46–47)^[56]	23 April 2023^[57]
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford	The Dean of Christ Church	Sarah Foot	(1961-02-23) 23 February 1961 (age 63)	8 July 2023^[58]
Durham Cathedral	The Dean of Durham	Philip Plyming	1974 (age 49–50)^[59]	16 September 2023^[60]
Carlisle Cathedral	The Dean of Carlisle	Jonathan Brewster	1967 (age 56–57)^[61]	30 September 2023^[62]
Newcastle Cathedral	The Dean of Newcastle	Lee Batson	1977 (age 46–47)^[63]	14 October 2023^[64]
Southwark Cathedral	The Dean of Southwark	Mark Oakley	1968 (age 55–56)^[65]	3 December 2023^[66]
Truro Cathedral	The Dean of Truro	Simon Robinson	1967 (age 56–57)^[67]	21 January 2024^[68]
Leicester Cathedral	The Dean of Leicester	Karen Rooms	1961 (age 62–63)^[69]	9 March 2024^[70]
Lincoln Cathedral	Dean-designate of Lincoln	Simon Jones	1972 (age 51–52)^[71]	14 September 2024 (announced)^[72]
Wells Cathedral	The Dean of Wells	ZtVacant since 6 January 2023		11 January 2038
Chelmsford Cathedral	The Dean of Chelmsford	ZuVacant since 23 February 2023		12 January 2038
Lichfield Cathedral	The Dean of Lichfield	ZvVacant since 31 March 2023		13 January 2038
Chichester Cathedral	The Dean of Chichester	ZxVacant since 1 April 2023		15 January 2038
Worcester Cathedral	The Dean of Worcester	ZyVacant since 25 August 2023		16 January 2038
Guildford Cathedral	The Dean of Guildford	ZzVacant since 30 September 2023		17 January 2038

Interim deans edit

Under the Cathedrals Measure 2021, the bishop must appoint a canon residentiary as "interim dean" during a vacancy in the deanery.^[73]

Church	Acting dean	Person	Date of birth & age	Acting since
Norwich Cathedral	Acting Dean of Norwich, the Vice-Dean and Canon Librarian	Peter Doll	1962 (age 61–62)^[74]	1 May 2022^[75]
Durham Cathedral	Acting Dean of Durham, the Vice-Dean and Canon Precentor	Michael Hampel	1967 (age 56–57)^[76]	25 September 2022^[77]^[21]
Lincoln Cathedral	Acting Dean of Lincoln, the Precentor and Subdean	Nick Brown		2nd February to 24th March and from 26th December 2023

Resignations and retirements edit

Notes edit

^ The date the person first became a dean.
^ ^a ^b ^c When the Diocese of Leeds was formed on 20 April 2014, the cathedrals at Bradford, Ripon and Wakefield became part of that diocese; each (acting) dean remained (acting) dean of their respective cathedral. The reorganisation scheme created the position of "presiding dean of the diocesan chapter" and senior priest of the new diocese,^[11] but that role has never been referred to since.

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[leeds-13] When the Diocese of Leeds was formed on 20 April 2014, the cathedrals at Bradford, Ripon and Wakefield became part of that diocese; each (acting) dean remained (acting) dean of their respective cathedral. The reorganisation scheme created the position of "presiding dean of the diocesan chapter" and senior priest of the new diocese,^[11] but that role has never been referred to since.

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