The Dean of St Edmundsbury is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of

St Edmundsbury Cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral (formally entitled the Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund) is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in ...

. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of Saint James in

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market town, market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – ...

. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a

dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). The cathedral is St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and the bishop is the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is part ...

and seat of the

Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is the Ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in the Province of Canterbury. The current bishop is Martin Seeley. The Bishop's residence is the Bishop's House, Ipswich ...

. The current dean is

Joe Hawes Joseph Patricius Hawes (born 1965) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2018, he has been the Dean of St Edmundsbury. From 2003 to 2018, he was Vicar of All Saints Church, Fulham in the Diocese of London. His early parish ministry was spent in ...

List of deans

Provosts

*1929–1940 John Herbert Orpen *1940–1958 John White *1958–1976 John Waddington *1976–1981

David Maddock David Rokeby Maddock (30 May 1915 - 20 August 1984) was Bishop of Dunwich (Anglican), Bishop of Dunwich from 1967 to 1976. He was born on 30 May 1915 and educated at Clifton College and St Catherine's College, Oxford. After ordination he was a ...

*1981–1994

Raymond Furnell Raymond Furnell (18 May 1936 – 10 July 2006) was the Dean of York from 1994 to 2003. His first ministry position was as a curate at Cannock, in the Diocese of Lichfield, from 1965 to 1969. From there, he moved to become vicar of Clayton pa ...

*1995–''19 November 2000'' James Atwell ''(became Dean)''

Deans

*''19 November 2000''–2006 James Atwell *2006–2009

Neil Collings Neil Collings was an eminent Anglican priest in the 21st century. Education and career He was born on 26 August 1946 and educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School and King's College London and ordained in 1970. After this he was Curate, then Vica ...

*16 October 2010October 2017 Frances Ward *October 201714 July 2018

Graeme Knowles Graeme Paul Knowles (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Anglican bishop. He served latterly as the Acting Dean of St Edmundsbury, having previously served as Bishop of Sodor and Man and as Dean of St Paul's. Biography Knowles was educated a ...

(acting) *14 July 2018present:

St Edmundsbury Cathedral — A New Dean
(Accessed 15 March 2018)

References

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