Dean of Belfast

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The Dean of Belfast is the senior official of St Anne's Cathedral in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland and head of the Chapter, its governing body.[http://www.belfastcathedral.org/heritage/deans-of-belfast-since-1904/ Deans of Belfast since 1904] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307150915/http://www.belfastcathedral.org/heritage/deans-of-belfast-since-1904/ |date=2009-03-07 }}. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing ({{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}})

List of deans of Belfast

1894–1899: Henry Stewart O’Hara; first dean of Belfast (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, 1900)
1899–1903: Charles Frederick D’Arcy; became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, and subsequently Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally Archbishop of Armagh
1903–1911: John Joseph Robinson
1911–1919: Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson (afterwards Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1919)
1919–1926: Thomas Gibson George Collins (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1926)
1926–1932: Henry Robert Brett
1932–1945: William Shaw Kerr
1945–1956: Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott (afterwards Bishop of Connor, 1956)
1956–1970: Cuthbert Peacocke (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1970)
1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks
1985–2001: Jack Shearer
2001–2011: Houston McKelvey[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3192499.stm Row over cathedral development]. BBC News, dated 29 August 2003.
2011–2017: John Mann
2018–present: Stephen Forde

References

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