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The Dean of St Paul's is the head of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London, England and an extremely influential position in the Church of England. The most recent Dean was John Moses, who was appointed in 1996, and retired in 2006. The name of the new Dean is awaited.The Dean of St Paul's is, ex officio, the Dean of the Order of the British Empire.
List of Deans Pre-Reformation c.1180 to - ????: Ralph de Diceto 1241 - 1243: William de Sanctae Mariae ecclesia ??? - July 1262: Richard Talbot: became Bishop of London ??? - 1273: John Chishull: became Bishop of London, Lord Chancellor Lord Treasurer 1294 - 1304: Ralph de Baldoc: became Bishop of London ???? - 1313: Arnald Frangerius de Cantilupo (1314 - 1316: John de Sandale) 1314 - 1322: Vitalis de Testa (c.1316 -1317 Richard de Newport) became Bishop of London (1317: Roger de Northburgh) 1322 - 1335: John de Everdon 1335 - 1354: Gilbert de Bruera 1354 - 1361: Richard de Kilvington 1361 - 1364: Thomas de Trillek became Bishop of Rochester (1362 Walter de Alderbury) 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: became Bishop of Saint David's 1505 - 1519: John Colet 1519 - 1536: Richard Pace (d.1536) 1536 - 1540: Richard Sampson: also Bishop of Chichester Post-Reformation 1540 - 1545: John Incent 1545 - 1554: William May (first appointment) 1554 - 1556: John Feckenham 1556 - 1559: Henry Cole 1559 - 1560: William May (second appointment) 1560 - 1602: Alexander Nowell 1602 - 1614: John Overall: became Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1614 - 1621: Valentine Carey: became Bishop of Exeter 1621 - 1631: John Donne 1631 - 1642: Thomas Winniffe: became Bishop of Lincoln 1642 - 1651: Richard Steward (not installed but called dean) 1651 - 1660: None 1660 - 1661: Matthew Nicholas 1661 - 1664: John Barwick 1664 - 1678: William Sancroft: became Archbishop of Canterbury 1678 - 1689: Edward Stillingfleet: became Bishop of Worcester 1689 - 1691: John Tillotson: became Archbishop of Canterbury 1691 - 1707: William Sherlock 1707 - 1726: Henry Godolphin 1726 - 1740: Francis Hare: became Bishop of Chichester in 1731 holding deanery in commendam 1740 - 1750: Joseph Butler: became Bishop of Durham 1750 - 1758: Thomas Secker (also Bishop of Oxford): became Archbishop of Canterbury 1758 - 1766: John Hume: became Bishop of Salisbury 1766 - 1768: Frederick Cornwallis: also Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1768 - 1782: Thomas Newton: also Bishop of Bristol 1782 - 1787: Thomas Thurlow: also Bishop of Lincoln became Bishop of Durham 1787 - 1820: George Pretyman: changed his name to George Tomline: became Bishop of Winchester 1820 - 1826: William van Mildert: (also Bishop of Llandaff) became Bishop of Durham 1826 - 1827: Charles Richard Sumner: (also Bishop of Llandaff): became Bishop of Winchester 1827 - 1849: Edward Coplestone (also Bishop of Llandaff) 1849 - 1868: Henry Hart Milman 1868 - 1871: Henry Longueville Mansel 1871 - ?1890: Richard William Church 1911 - 1934: William Ralph Inge 1934 - 1973: Walter Robert Matthews - lived 1881-1973, also Dean of Exeter 1931-1934 1996 - 2006: Dr John Moses - retiring on 31 August 2006 Sources | ||||||||
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