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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 Graeme Knowles, current Bishop of Sodor and Man.
The Dean of St Paul's is, ''ex officio'', the Dean of the Order of the British Empire.

Contents

List of Deans

Pre-Reformation

Post-Reformation

Sources

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 Pretyman 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 Copleston (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
:1973 - 1977: Martin Gloster Sullivan 1910-1980 former Archdeacon of London
:1978 - 1987: Alan Brunskill Webster - former Dean of Norwich
:1988 - 1996: Thomas Eric Evans - former Canon Residentiary of Gloucester
:1996 - 2006: Dr John Moses - retired on 31 August 2006
:2007 - Graeme Knowles

Sources

★ Wikipedia

★ 'Deans of St Paul's', ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541'': volume 5: St Paul's, London (1963), pp. 4-7. URL: [1]. Date accessed: 25 October 2005.

★ 'Deans of St Paul's', ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857'': volume 1: St. Paul's, London (1969), pp. 5-7. URL: [2]. Date accessed: 21 October 2005.

★ WR Matthews: [3] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.

★ St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: [4] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.