Dean of St Paul's
{{Short description|Leader within the Church of England}}
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The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England. The dean of St Paul's is also ex officio dean of the Order of the British Empire.
The current dean is Andrew Tremlett, who was installed on 25 September 2022.
List of deans
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=High Medieval=
- 1090–1107 Wulman
- 1107–1111 Ranulf Flambard (disputed)
- 1111–1138 William de Mareni
- 1138–1157 Ralph de Langford
- 1158–1180 Hugh de Mareni
- 1180–1199 Ralph de Diceto
- 1200–1216 Alard de Burnham
- 1216–1218 Gervase de Howbridge
- 1218–1227 Robert de Watford
- 1228–1231 Martin de Pattishall
- 1231–1241 Geoffrey de Lucy
- 1241–1243 William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise
- 1243–1253 Henry de Cornhill
- 1253–1257 Walter de Saleron
- 1257–1260 Robert de Barton
- 1260–1261 Peter de Newport
- January 1262–July 1262 Richard Talbot
- July 1262 – 1263 John de Ebulo
- 1263–1267 Geoffrey de Fering
- 1268–1273 John Chishull
- 1273–1276 Hervey de Boreham
- 1276–1283 Thomas Ingoldsthorpe
- 1283–1285 Roger de La Legh
- 1285–1294 William de Montfort
- 1294–1306 Ralph Baldock
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=Late Medieval=
- 1306–1313 Arnald Frangerius de Cantilupo
- 1314–1316 John Sandale
- 1316–1317 Richard Newport
- 1317 Roger de Northburgh
- 1317–1322 Vitalis de Testa
- 1322–1335 John de Everdon
- 1335–1354 Gilbert de Bruera
- 1354–1361 Richard de Kilvington
- 1361–1362 Walter de Alderbury
- 1362–1364 Thomas Trilleck
- 1364–1389 John de Appleby
- 1389–1400 Thomas de Eure
- 1400–1405 Thomas Stowe
- 1406–1421 Thomas More
- 1422–1441 Reginald Kentwood
- 1441–1456 Thomas Lisieux
- 1456–1457 Laurence Booth
- 1457–1468 William Say
- 1468–1471 Roger Radclyffe
- 1471–1478 Thomas Wynterbourne
- 1479–1499 William Worsley
=Early modern=
- 1499–1505 Robert Sherborne
- 1505–1519 John Colet
- 1519–1536 Richard Pace
- 1536–1540 Richard Sampson
- 1540–1545 John Incent
- 1545–1554 William May
- 1554–1556 John Feckenham
- 1556–1559 Henry Cole
- 1559–1560 William May (again)
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=Post-Reformation=
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| Name
!Portrait !colspan=2|Term of office |
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| Alexander Nowell
|60px |1560 |1602{{ref label|†|†}} |
| John Overall
|60px |1602 |1614 |
| Valentine Cary
|60px |1614 |1621 |
| John Donne
|60px |1621 |1631{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Thomas Winniffe
|60px |1631 |1642 |
| Richard Steward (not installed) |60px |1642 |1651{{ref label|†|†}} |
| colspan=2|Vacancy (English Interregnum)
|1651 |1660 |
| Matthew Nicholas
|60px |1660 |1661{{ref label|†|†}} |
| John Barwick
|60px |1661 |1664{{ref label|†|†}} |
| William Sancroft
|60px |1664 |1678 |
| Edward Stillingfleet
|60px |1678 |1689 |
| John Tillotson
|60px |1689 |1691 |
| William Sherlock
|60px |1691 |1707{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Henry Godolphin
|60px |1707 |1726 |
| Francis Hare (in commendam as Bishop of St Asaph 1727–31, as Bishop of Chichester from 1731) |60px |1726 |1740{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Joseph Butler (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |60px |1740 |1750 |
| Thomas Secker (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |60px |1750 |1758 |
| John Hume (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |60px |1758 |1766 |
| Frederick Cornwallis (in commendam as Bishop of Lichfield) |60px |1766 |1768 |
| Thomas Newton (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |60px |1768 |1782{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Thomas Thurlow (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |60px |1782 |1787 |
| George Pretyman Tomline (Pretyman until 1803) (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |60px |1787 |1820 |
| William Van Mildert (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |60px |1820 |1826 |
| Charles Sumner (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |60px |1826 |1827 |
| Edward Copleston (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |60px |1827 |1849{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Henry Hart Milman
|60px |1849 |1868{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Henry Longueville Mansel
|60px |1868 |1871{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Richard William Church
|60px |1871 |1890{{ref label|†|†}} |
| Robert Gregory
|60px |1891 |1911{{ref label|†|†}} |
| William Ralph Inge
|60px |1911 |1934 |
| Walter Matthews
|60px |1934 |1967 |
| Martin Sullivan
|60px |1967 |1978 |
| Alan Webster
|60px |1978 |1988 |
| Eric Evans
|60px |1988 |1996{{ref label|†|†}} |
| John Moses
|60px |1996 |2006 |
| Graeme Knowles
|60px |2007 |2011 |
| David Ison
|60px |2012 |2022 |
| Andrew Tremlett
|60px |2022 |incumbent |
See also
Notes
- {{note label|†|†}} Died in office
References
- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33801 Deans of St Paul's]. Greenway, D. E. (1968). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 4–8.
- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32379 Deans of St Paul's]. Horn, J. M. (1963). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Volume 5: St Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 4–7.
- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34690 Deans of St Paul's]. Horn, J. M. (1969). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 5–7.
- WR Matthews: [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/archives/collect/10ma80-1.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205080359/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/archives/collect/10ma80-1.html |date=5 December 2004 }} Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
- St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927153335/http://www.stpauls.co.uk/page.aspx?theLang=001lngdef&pointerid=13737YlErY7ctdJzPY8DcmQdxveTfgxp&action=] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
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