Dean of Guildford

Guildford Cathedral

The Dean of Guildford is the head (primus inter pares – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Guildford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit in Guildford. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Guildford and seat of the Bishop of Guildford. The current acting dean is the Revd Canon Nicholas Thistlethwaite. Stock's successor was announced on 30 April 2013 as Dianna Gwilliams, who will be installed on 15 September.^[1]

List of deans

1954–1965 George Clarkson
1968–1986 Tony Bridge
1987–2001 Alex Wedderspoon
2002–2012 Victor Stock
31 July 2012– 4 September 2013 Nicholas Thistlethwaite (Acting Dean)
4 September 2013 - present Dianna Gwilliams ^[2]

References

Sources

Window on Woking – 1927 Diocese of Guildford Bishops Deans and Archdeacons of Dorking

Diocese of Guildford

Guildford Cathedral Willow Grange, Guildford Diocesan House, Guildford

Office holders	The Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson The Bishop suffragan of Dorking, Ian Brackley AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Guildford, Dianna Gwilliams The Archdeacon of Surrey, Stuart Beake The Archdeacon of Dorking, Paul Bryer

Deans in the Church of England

Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Christ Church (Oxford) Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester

Province of York	Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York

Royal Deans	Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

Deans of Guildford

George Clarkson Tony Bridge Alex Wedderspoon Victor Stock Dianna Gwilliams