Dean of Chester

The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the Diocese of Chester and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral.

List of deans

Early modern

1541 Thomas Clerk (first Dean of Chester)
1541–1547 Henry Man (afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man 1546)
1547–1558 William Clyff
1560–1567 Richard Walker
1567–1572 John Piers (afterwards Dean of Salisbury 1572)
1572–1579 Richard Langworth
1579–1580 Robert Dorset
1580–1589 Thomas Mawdesley
1589–1602 John Nutter
1602–1605 William Barlow (afterwards Bishop of Rochester 1605)
1605–1607 Henry Parry (afterwards Bishop of Gloucester 1607)
1607–1644 Thomas Mallory
1644–1657 William Nichols
1660–1682 Henry Bridgeman (also Bishop of Sodor and Man 1671)
1682–1691 James Arderne
1691–1718 Lawrence Fogg
1718–1721 Walter Offley
1721–1732 Thomas Allen
1732–1758 Thomas Brooke
1758–1787 William Smith
1787–1805 George Cotton

Late modern

1806–1815 Hugh Cholmondeley
1815-1820 Robert Hodgson (afterwards Dean of Carlisle 1820)
1820–1826 Peter Vaughan
1826–1828 Edward Coplestone (afterwardsBishop of Llandaff 1828)
1828–1831 Henry Phillpotts (afterwards Bishop of Exeter 1831)
1831–1839 George Davys (afterwards Bishop of Peterborough 1839)
1839–1867 Frederick Anson
1867–1885 John Howson
1886–1919 John Lionel Darby
1920–1937 Frank Bennett
1937–1953 Norman Tubbs
1954–1962 Michael Gibbs
1963–1977 George Addleshaw
1978–1986 Ingram Cleasby
1987–2001 Stephen Smalley
2002–present Gordon McPhate

Sources

'Deans of Chester', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses (2004) accessed 2011-01-24

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 Chester

Early modern	Thomas Clerk Henry Man William Clyff Richard Walker John Piers Richard Langworth Robert Dorset Thomas Mawdesley John Nutter William Barlow Henry Parry Thomas Mallory William Nichols Henry Bridgeman James Arderne Laurence Fogg Walter Offley Thomas Allen Thomas Brooke William Smith George Cotton

Late modern	Hugh Cholmondeley Robert Hodgson Peter Vaughan Edward Copleston Henry Phillpotts George Davys Frederick Anson John Howson John Darby Frank Bennett Norman Tubbs Michael Gibbs George Addleshaw Ingram Cleasby Stephen Smalley Gordon McPhate

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