Dean of Belfast
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St Anne's Cathedral, 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; first dean of Belfast (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford,1900)
- 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 (afterwards Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1919)
- 1919–1926: Thomas Gibson George Collins (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1926)
- 1926–1932: Henry Robert Brett
- 1932–1945: William Shaw Kerr
- 1945–1956: Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott (afterwards Bishop of Connor, 1956)
- 1956–1970: Cuthbert Irvine Peacocke (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1970)
- 1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks
- 1985–2001: John Shearer, OBE
- 2001–2011: Houston McKelvey[3]
- 2011-present: John Mann
References
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- The Archdeacon of Connor
- The Archdeacon of Dalriada
- The Archdeacon of Belfast
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