Dean of St Paul's
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 | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Nowell | 1560 | 1602[†] | |
John Overall | 1602 | 1614 | |
Valentine Cary | 1614 | 1621 | |
John Donne | 1621 | 1631[†] | |
Thomas Winniffe | 1631 | 1642 | |
Richard Steward (not installed) |
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) |
1726 | 1740[†] | |
Joseph Butler (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |
1740 | 1750 | |
Thomas Secker (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |
1750 | 1758 | |
John Hume (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |
1758 | 1766 | |
Frederick Cornwallis (in commendam as Bishop of Lichfield) |
1766 | 1768 | |
Thomas Newton (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |
1768 | 1782[†] | |
Thomas Thurlow (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |
1782 | 1787 | |
George Pretyman Tomline (Pretyman until 1803) (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |
1787 | 1820 | |
William Van Mildert (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
1820 | 1826 | |
Charles Sumner (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
1826 | 1827 | |
Edward Copleston (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
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.