Dean of St Paul's
Appearance
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The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair of the
ex officio dean of the Order of the British Empire
.
The current
dean is Andrew Tremlett
, who was installed on 25 September 2022.
List of deans
High Medieval
|
Late Medieval
Early modern
|
Post-Reformation
Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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Alexander Nowell | ![]() |
1560 | 1602[†] |
John Overall | ![]() |
1602 | 1614 |
Valentine Cary | 1614 | 1621 | |
John Donne | ![]() |
1621 | 1631[†] |
Thomas Winniffe | ![]() |
1631 | 1642 |
Richard Steward (not installed) |
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1642 | 1651[†] |
Vacancy ( English Interregnum )
|
1651 | 1660 | |
Matthew Nicholas | ![]() |
1660 | 1661[†] |
John Barwick | ![]() |
1661 | 1664[†] |
William Sancroft | ![]() |
1664 | 1678 |
Edward Stillingfleet | ![]() |
1678 | 1689 |
John Tillotson | ![]() |
1689 | 1691 |
William Sherlock | ![]() |
1691 | 1707[†] |
Henry Godolphin | ![]() |
1707 | 1726 |
Francis Hare (in commendam as Bishop of St Asaph 1727–31, as Bishop of Chichester from 1731) |
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1726 | 1740[†] |
Joseph Butler (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |
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1740 | 1750 |
Thomas Secker (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |
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1750 | 1758 |
John Hume (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |
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1758 | 1766 |
Frederick Cornwallis (in commendam as Bishop of Lichfield) |
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1766 | 1768 |
Thomas Newton (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |
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1768 | 1782[†] |
Thomas Thurlow (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |
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1782 | 1787 |
George Pretyman Tomline (Pretyman until 1803) (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |
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1787 | 1820 |
William Van Mildert (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
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1820 | 1826 |
Charles Sumner (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
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1826 | 1827 |
Edward Copleston (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
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1827 | 1849[†] |
Henry Hart Milman | ![]() |
1849 | 1868[†] |
Henry Longueville Mansel | ![]() |
1868 | 1871[†] |
Richard William Church | ![]() |
1871 | 1890[†] |
Robert Gregory | ![]() |
1891 | 1911[†] |
William Ralph Inge | ![]() |
1911 | 1934 |
Walter Matthews | ![]() |
1934 | 1967 |
Martin Sullivan | ![]() |
1967 | 1978 |
Alan Webster | ![]() |
1978 | 1988 |
Eric Evans | ![]() |
1988 | 1996[†] |
John Moses | ![]() |
1996 | 2006 |
Graeme Knowles | ![]() |
2007 | 2011 |
David Ison | ![]() |
2012 | 2022 |
Andrew Tremlett | ![]() |
2022 | incumbent |
See also
Notes
- † Died in office
References
- 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: [1] Archived 5 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
- St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: [2] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.