Dean of St Paul's

St Paul's Cathedral, London

The Dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chairman of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England. The Dean of St Paul's is also (ex officio) Dean of the Order of the British Empire.

The current Dean is David Ison, who was installed on 25 May 2012.

List of deans

High Medieval 1090–1107 Wulman 1107–1111 Ranulf Flambard (disputed) 1111–1138 William de Mareni 1138–1157 Ralph de Langford 1158–1180 Hugh de Mareni 1180–1199 Ralph de Diceto 1200–1216 Alard de Burnham 1216–1218 Gervase de Howbridge 1218–1227 Robert de Watford 1228–1231 Martin de Pattishall 1231–1241 Geoffrey de Lucy 1241–1243 William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise 1243–1253 Henry de Cornhill 1253–1257 Walter de Saleron 1257–1260 Robert de Barton 1260–1261 Peter de Newport January 1262–July 1262 Richard Talbot July 1262 – 1263 John de Ebulo 1263–1267 Geoffrey de Fering 1268–1273 John Chishull 1273–1276 Hervey de Boreham 1276–1283 Thomas Ingoldsthorpe 1283–1285 Roger de La Legh 1285–1294 William de Montfort 1294–1306 Ralph Baldock Late Medieval 1306–1313 Arnald Frangerius de Cantilupo 1314–1316 John Sandale 1316–1317 Richard Newport 1317 Roger de Northburgh 1317–1322 Vitalis de Testa 1322–1335 John de Everdon

1335–1354 Gilbert de Bruera 1354–1361 Richard de Kilvington 1361–1362 Walter de Alderbury 1362–1364 Thomas Trilleck 1364–1389 John de Appleby 1389–1400 Thomas de Eure 1400–1405 Thomas Stowe 1406–1421 Thomas More 1422–1441 Reginald Kentwood 1441–1456 Thomas Lisieux 1456–1457 Laurence Booth 1457–1468 William Say 1468–1471 Roger Radclyffe 1471–1478 Thomas Wynterbourne 1479–1499 William Worsley Early modern 1499–1505 Robert Sherborne 1505–1519 John Colet 1519–1536 Richard Pace 1536–1540 Richard Sampson 1540–1545 John Incent 1545–1554 William May 1554–1556 John Feckenham 1556–1559 Henry Cole 1559–1560 William May (again) 1560–1602 Alexander Nowell 1602–1614 John Overall 1614–1621 Valentine Cary 1621–1631 John Donne 1631–1642 Thomas Winniffe 1642–1651 Richard Steward (not installed) 1651–1660 vacancy (English Interregnum) 1660–1661 Matthew Nicholas 1661–1664 John Barwick

1664–1678 William Sancroft 1678–1689 Edward Stillingfleet 1689–1691 John Tillotson 1691–1707 William Sherlock 1707–1726 Henry Godolphin 1726–1740 Francis Hare 1740–1750 Joseph Butler 1750–1758 Thomas Secker 1758–1766 John Hume 1766–1768 Frederick Cornwallis 1768–1782 Thomas Newton 1782–1787 Thomas Thurlow Late modern 1787–1820 George Pretyman Tomline (Pretyman until 1803) 1820–1826 William Van Mildert 1826–1827 Charles Sumner 1827–1849 Edward Copleston 1849–1868 Henry Milman 1868–1871 Henry Mansel 1871–1890 Richard Church 1891–1911 Robert Gregory 1911–1934 William Inge 1934–1967 Walter Matthews 1967–1978 Martin Sullivan 1978–1988 Alan Webster 1988–1996 Eric Evans 1996–2006 John Moses 2007–2011 Graeme Knowles (resigned) 2011–2012 Michael Colclough (Acting) 25 May 2012–present David Ison

See also

• Dean and Chapter of St Paul's

Sources

• Deans of St Paul's. Greenway, D. E. (1968). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 4–8.
• Deans of St Paul's. Horn, J. M. (1963). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Volume 5: St Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 4–7.
• Deans of St Paul's. Horn, J. M. (1969). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 5–7.
• WR Matthews: Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
• St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: Date accessed: 15 February 2006.

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