Dean of St Paul's

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St Paul's Cathedral, London

The dean of St Paul's is dean (head) of the chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, the cathedral church of the diocese of London in the Church of England. Since 1957, the dean of St Paul's is also ex officio the Dean of the Order of the British Empire.

The current dean is Andrew Tremlett, who was installed on 25 September 2022.

Deanery

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The Old Deanery, Dean's Court, London

From 1673 until 1977, the dean lived in the Deanery House, a townhouse on Dean's Court beside the cathedral, which is now called the Template:Visible anchor and owned by the diocese of London. It was let as offices until 1992, but since 1996 has been used by the diocese and includes a residence for the bishop of London.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

List of deans

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High Medieval

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Late Medieval

Early modern

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Post-Reformation

Name Portrait Term of office
Alexander Nowell File:British - Alexander Nowell - Google Art Project.jpg 1560 1602Template:Ref label
John Overall File:Joverall.jpg 1602 1614
Valentine Cary File:ValentineCary BishopOfExeter Died1626 ExeterCathedral.PNG 1614 1621
John Donne File:John Donne by Isaac Oliver.jpg 1621 1631Template:Ref label
Thomas Winniffe File:No image.svg 1631 1642
Richard Steward
(not installed)
File:Richard Steward by Adriaen Hanneman.jpg 1642 1651Template:Ref label
Vacancy (English Interregnum) 1651 1660
Matthew Nicholas File:No image.svg 1660 1661Template:Ref label
John Barwick File:John Barwick Dean of St Paul's.jpg 1661 1664Template:Ref label
William Sancroft File:AbpWilliamSancroft.jpg 1664 1678
Edward Stillingfleet File:Edward Stillingfleet by Mary Beale.jpg 1678 1689
John Tillotson File:John Tillotson by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg 1689 1691
William Sherlock File:William Sherlock Dean of St Paul's.jpg 1691 1707Template:Ref label
Henry Godolphin File:Henry Godolphin Eton portrait.jpg 1707 1726
Francis Hare
(in commendam as Bishop of St Asaph 1727–31,
as Bishop of Chichester from 1731)
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Joseph Butler
(in commendam as Bishop of Bristol)
File:Joseph Butler, Bp of Bristol.jpg 1740 1750
Thomas Secker
(in commendam as Bishop of Oxford)
File:Thomas Secker by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg 1750 1758
John Hume
(in commendam as Bishop of Oxford)
File:John Hume Bp of Oxford.jpg 1758 1766
Frederick Cornwallis
(in commendam as Bishop of Lichfield)
File:AbpFrederickCornwallis.jpg 1766 1768
Thomas Newton
(in commendam as Bishop of Bristol)
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Thomas Thurlow
(in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln)
File:Thomas Thurlow British Museum.jpg 1782 1787
George Pretyman Tomline
(Pretyman until 1803)
(in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln)
File:SirGeorgePretymanTomline.jpg 1787 1820
William Van Mildert
(in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff)
File:William Van Mildert by Thomas Lawrence.jpg 1820 1826
Charles Sumner
(in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff)
File:CharlesRichardSumner.jpg 1826 1827
Edward Copleston
(in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff)
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Henry Hart Milman File:Portrait of Henry Hart Milman.jpg 1849 1868Template:Ref label
Henry Longueville Mansel File:Henry Longueville Mansel J&C Watkins.jpg 1868 1871Template:Ref label
Richard William Church File:Portrait of Richard William Church.jpg 1871 1890Template:Ref label
Robert Gregory File:Robert Gregory Lock & Whitfield.jpg 1891 1911Template:Ref label
William Ralph Inge File:Deaninge.jpg 1911 1934
Walter Matthews File:Walter Matthews.jpg 1934 1967
Martin Sullivan File:No image.svg 1967 1978
Alan Webster File:No image.svg 1978 1988
Eric Evans File:No image.svg 1988 1996Template:Ref label
John Moses File:No image.svg 1996 2006
Graeme Knowles File:A brace of Deans (3645268046) (Graeme Knowles cropped).jpg 2007 2011
David Ison File:No image.svg 2012 2022
Andrew Tremlett File:No image.svg 2022 incumbent

See also

Notes

References

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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: [1] Template:Webarchive Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
  • St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: [2] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.

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