Dean of Worcester
{{Short description|Head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in England}}
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The Dean of Worcester is the head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in Worcester,[http://www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/ Worcester Cathedral], UK. England. The current dean is Stephen Edwards. The dean lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.Crockford's on-line accessed by subscription Tuesday 11 June 2013 06:10 GMT
List of deans
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=Early modern=
- 1541–1544 Henry Holbeach (last prior)
- 1544–1553 John Barlow
- 1553–1557 Philip Hawford
- 1557–1559 Seth Holland
- 1559–1571 John Pedder
- 1571–1586 Thomas Wilson
- 1586–1597 Francis Willis
- 1597–1604 Richard Edes
- 1604–1608 James Montague
- 1608–1616 Arthur Lake
- 1616–1627 Joseph Hall
- 1627–1633 William Juxon
- 1633–1636 Roger Maynwaring
- 1636–1646 Christopher Potter
- 1646–1649 Richard Holdsworth
- 1649–1660 No dean during the Interregnum
- 1660–1661 John Oliver
- 1661–1665 Thomas Warmestry
- 1665–1683 William Thomas
- 1683–1691 George Hickes
- 1691–1715 William Talbot
- 1715–1726 Francis Hare
- 1726–1746 James Stillingfleet
- 1746–1751 Edmund Marten
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- 1751–1765 John Waugh
- 1765–1769 Richard Wrottesley
- 1769–1778 William Digby
- 1778–1783 Robert Foley
- 1783–1795 St Andrew St John (son of Lord St John of Bletso)
=Late modern=
- 1795–1817 Arthur Onslow
- 1817–1825 John Jenkinson
- 1825–1828 James Hook
- 1828–1845 George Murray, Bishop of Rochester
- 1845–1874 John Peel
- 1874–1879 Hon Grantham Yorke
- 1879–1886 Lord Alwyne Compton
- 1886–1891 John Gott
- 1891–1908 Robert Forrest
- 1908–1934 William Moore Ede
- 1934–1949 Arthur Davies
- 1949–1957 William Beck
- 1957–1968 Bobby Milburn
- 1969–1974 Eric Kemp
- 1975–1986 Tom Baker
- 1987–1996 Bob Jeffery
- 1996–2006 Peter Marshall
- 2006–2023 Peter Atkinson[http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page10220 Official notification of appointment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929093114/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page10220 |date=2009-09-29 }}, 10 Downing Street, British Government, UK.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/10/17/peter_atkinson_new_dean_feature.shtml Peter Atkinson: New Dean], BBC Hereford and Worcester, UK. (retired 25 August 2023){{cite web |website=Worcester Cathedral |title=The Dean of Worcester Retires After 16 Years |date=17 August 2023 |url=https://www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/media/3044/017-the-dean-of-worcester-retires-after-16-years.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831130707/https://www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/media/3044/017-the-dean-of-worcester-retires-after-16-years.pdf |archive-date=31 August 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023 }}
- 15 September 2024{{snd}}present{{cite web |website=Worcester Cathedral |title=(Section) The Installation of the 47th Dean of Worcester |url=https://www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928214055/https://www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/news |archive-date=28 September 2024 |access-date=4 October 2024 }} Stephen Edwards{{London Gazette |issue= 64507 |date= 6 September 2024 |page= 17234 }}{{cite web |website=Diocese of Worcester |title=New Dean of Worcester Announced |date=17 June 2024 |url=https://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/new-dean-of-worcester-announced.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620105336/https://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/new-dean-of-worcester-announced.php |archive-date=20 June 2024 |access-date=5 August 2024 }} (interim dean since 2023)
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References
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Sources
- B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979).
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Category:Christianity in Worcester, England
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