Dean of Belfast

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.^[1][2]

List of Deans of Belfast

• 1894–1899: Henry Stewart O’Hara; became Bishop of Cashel and Waterford
• 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; became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
• 1919–1926: Thomas Gibson George Collins; became Bishop of Meath
• 1926–1932: Henry Robert Brett
• 1932–1945: William Shaw Kerr
• 1945–1956: Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott; became Bishop of Connor
• 1956–1970: Cuthbert Irvine Peacocke; became Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
• 1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks
• 1985–2001: John Shearer, OBE
• 2001–present: Robert Samuel James Houston McKelvey^[3]

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