Dean of Ely

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Ely Cathedral

The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral, in East Anglia, England, in the Diocese of Ely was created in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely.

List of deans

Early modern

  • 1758–1780 Hugh Thomas
  • 1780–1797 William Cooke

Late modern

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