Dean of St Paul's

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The Dean of St Paul's is the head of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London, England and an extremely influential position in the Church of England. The most recent Dean was John Moses, who was appointed in 1996, and retired in 2006. The name of the new Dean is Graeme Knowles, current Bishop of Sodor and Man. The Dean of St Paul's is, ex officio, the Dean of the Order of the British Empire.

Contents 1 List of Deans 1.1 Pre-Reformation 1.2 Post-Reformation 2 Sources

[edit] List of Deans

[edit] Pre-Reformation

c.1180 to - ????: Ralph de Diceto

1241 - 1243: William de Sanctae Mariae ecclesia

??? - July 1262: Richard Talbot: became Bishop of London

??? - 1273: John Chishull: became Bishop of London, Lord Chancellor Lord Treasurer

1294 - 1304: Ralph de Baldoc: became Bishop of London

???? - 1313: Arnald Frangerius de Cantilupo

(1314 - 1316: John de Sandale)

1314 - 1322: Vitalis de Testa

(c.1316 -1317 Richard de Newport) became Bishop of London

(1317: Roger de Northburgh)

1322 - 1335: John de Everdon

1335 - 1354: Gilbert de Bruera

1354 - 1361: Richard de Kilvington

1361 - 1364: Thomas de Trillek became Bishop of Rochester

(1362 Walter de Alderbury)

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

1499 - 1505: Robert Sherborne: became Bishop of Saint David's

1505 - 1519: John Colet

1519 - 1536: Richard Pace (d.1536)

1536 - 1540: Richard Sampson: also Bishop of Chichester

[edit] Post-Reformation

1540 - 1545: John Incent

1545 - 1554: William May (first appointment)

1554 - 1556: John Feckenham

1556 - 1559: Henry Cole

1559 - 1560: William May (second appointment)

1560 - 1602: Alexander Nowell

1602 - 1614: John Overall: became Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

1614 - 1621: Valentine Carey: became Bishop of Exeter

1621 - 1631: John Donne

1631 - 1642: Thomas Winniffe: became Bishop of Lincoln

1642 - 1651: Richard Steward (not installed but called dean)

1651 - 1660: None

1660 - 1661: Matthew Nicholas

1661 - 1664: John Barwick

1664 - 1678: William Sancroft: became Archbishop of Canterbury

1678 - 1689: Edward Stillingfleet: became Bishop of Worcester

1689 - 1691: John Tillotson: became Archbishop of Canterbury

1691 - 1707: William Sherlock

1707 - 1726: Henry Godolphin

1726 - 1740: Francis Hare: became Bishop of Chichester in 1731 holding deanery in commendam

1740 - 1750: Joseph Butler: became Bishop of Durham

1750 - 1758: Thomas Secker (also Bishop of Oxford): became Archbishop of Canterbury

1758 - 1766: John Hume: became Bishop of Salisbury

1766 - 1768: Frederick Cornwallis: also Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

1768 - 1782: Thomas Newton: also Bishop of Bristol

1782 - 1787: Thomas Thurlow: also Bishop of Lincoln became Bishop of Durham

1787 - 1820: George Pretyman: changed his name to George Tomline: became Bishop of Winchester

1820 - 1826: William van Mildert: (also Bishop of Llandaff) became Bishop of Durham

1826 - 1827: Charles Richard Sumner: (also Bishop of Llandaff): became Bishop of Winchester

1827 - 1849: Edward Coplestone (also Bishop of Llandaff)

1849 - 1868: Henry Hart Milman

1868 - 1871: Henry Longueville Mansel

1871 - ?1890: Richard William Church

1911 - 1934: William Ralph Inge

1934 - 1973: Walter Robert Matthews - lived 1881-1973, also Dean of Exeter 1931-1934

1978 - 1987: Alan Brunskill Webster - former Dean of Norwich

1996 - 2006: Dr John Moses - retired on 31 August 2006

2007 - Graeme Knowles

[edit] Sources

• Wikipedia
• 'Deans of St Paul's', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 5: St Paul's, London (1963), pp. 4-7. URL: [1]. Date accessed: 25 October 2005.
• 'Deans of St Paul's', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 1: St. Paul's, London (1969), pp. 5-7. URL: [2]. Date accessed: 21 October 2005.
• WR Matthews: [3] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
• St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: [4] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.