Dean of Bristol

The west front entrance of Bristol Cathedral.

The Dean of Bristol is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol, England. The current Dean is the Very Reverend David Hoyle, whose nomination was approved by Elizabeth II on 22 December 2009 and who was installed at the cathedral on 29 May 2010.^[1]

List of deans

Early modern 1542–1551 William Snow (previously last prior of Bradenstoke) 1551–1552 John Whiteheare or Whythere 1552–1554 George Carew (deprived) 1554–1559 Henry Joliffe (deprived) 1559–1580 George Carew (restored) 1580–1590 John Sprint 1590–1598 Anthony Watson 1598–1617 Simon Robson 1617–1639 Edward Chetwynd 1639–1660 Matthew Nicholas (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, 1660) 1660–1667 Henry Glemham 1667–1683 Richard Towgood 1683–1684 Samuel Crossman 1684–1685 Richard Thompson 1685–1694 William Levett 1694–1708 George Royse 1708–1730 The Hon Robert Booth 1730–1739 Samuel Creswick (afterwards Dean of Wells) 1739–1757 Thomas Chamberlayne 1757–1760 William Warburton 1760–1761 Samuel Squire (afterwards Bishop of St David's, 1761) 1761–1763 Francis Ayscough 1763–1780 Cutts Barton 1763–1799 John Hallam

Late modern 1800–1803 Charles Layard 1803–1810 Bowyer Sparke 1810–1813 John Parsons 1813–1837 Henry Beeke May–October 1837 Thomas Musgrave 1837–1850 John Lamb 1850–1891 Gilbert Elliot 1891–1916 Francis Pigou 1916–1921 Wynne Willson (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1926) 1922–1926 Edward Burroughs (afterwards Bishop of Ripon, 1926) 1926–1933 Henry de Candole 1934–1951 Harry Blackburne c. 1951–1957 Evered Lunt (afterwards Suffragan Bishop of Stepney, 1957) 1957–1972 Douglas Harrison 1973–1987 Horace Dammers 1987–1997 Wesley Carr (afterwards Dean of Westminster, 1997) 1997–2009 Robert Grimley 2009–2010 Andrew Tremlett; acting dean 2010–present David Hoyle

Sources

• British History — Houses of Augustinian canons
• British History — Deans of Bristol

References

1. Diocese of Bristol – David Hoyle to be installed