Dean of St Paul's (original) (raw)

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Leader within the Church of England

St Paul's Cathedral, London

The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair 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 Andrew Tremlett, who was installed on 25 September 2022.

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 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 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)
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