Dean of Durham

Durham Cathedral

The Dean of Durham is the "head" (primus inter pares – first among equals) and chair of the Chapter, the ruling body of Durham Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham in Durham. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Durham and seat of the Bishop of Durham.

List of deans

Early modern

1541–1551 Hugh Whitehead (last prior)
1551–1553 Robert Horne
1553–1558 Thomas Watson
1558–1559 Thomas Robertson (deprived) ^[1]
1559–1561 Robert Horne (again)
1561–1563 Ralph Skinner
1563–1579 William Whittingham
1580–1581 Thomas Wilson (Lay dean)
1583–1595 Tobias Matthew
1596–1606 William James
1606–1620 Adam Newton (Lay dean)
1620–1638 Richard Hunt
1639–1645 Walter Balcanquhall
1646 Christopher Potter
1646–1659 William Fuller
1660–1661 John Barwick
1661–1684 John Sudbury
1684–1690 Denis Granville
1691–1699 Thomas Comber
1700–1728 John Montague

1728–1746 Henry Bland
1746–1774 The Hon Spencer Cowper
1774–1777 Thomas Dampier
1777–1788 William Digby
1788–1794 John Hinchliffe

Late modern

1794–1824 The Hon James Cornwallis

(The Earl Cornwallis from 1823)

1824–1827 Charles Hall
1827–1840 John Jenkinson
1840–1869 George Waddington
1869–1894 William Lake (also Warden of the University)
1894–1912 George Kitchin
1912–1918 Hensley Henson
1918–1933 James Welldon
1933–1951 Cyril Alington
1951–1974 John Wild
1974–1979 Eric Heaton
1980–1988 Peter Baelz^[2]
1989–2002 John Arnold
2003–2015 Michael Sadgrove
2015–present David Kennedy (Acting)
Summer 2016 Andrew Tremlett (Dean-designate)

References

↑ "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
↑ Guardian obituary – Peter Baelz

Sources

British History – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, Vol. 11 – Deans of Durham

Diocese of Durham

Durham Cathedral Auckland Castle Prince-Bishops Durham Castle

Office holders	Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham Mark Bryant, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley David Kennedy, Acting Dean of Durham Ian Jagger, Archdeacon of Durham Stuart Bain, Archdeacon of Sunderland Nick Barker, Archdeacon of Auckland

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Berwick (16th century) Archdeacon of Northumberland (until 1882; now in Newcastle) Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (1842–1882; now in Newcastle)

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 Durham

Early modern	Hugh Whitehead Robert Horne Thomas Watson Thomas Robertson Robert Horne (again) Ralph Skinner William Whittingham Thomas Wilson (Layman) Tobias Matthew William James Adam Newton (Layman) Richard Hunt Walter Balcanquhall Christopher Potter William Fuller John Barwick John Sudbury Denis Granville Thomas Comber John Montague Henry Bland The Hon Spencer Cowper Thomas Dampier William Digby John Hinchliffe

Late modern	James Cornwallis Charles Hall John Jenkinson George Waddington William Lake George Kitchin Hensley Henson James Welldon Cyril Alington John Wild Eric Heaton Peter Baelz John Arnold Michael Sadgrove David Kennedy (Acting)

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