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

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. The cathedral is the mother church of the

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and the seat of the

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(though the bishop is now based in Brussels). The current (2020) Dean is Ian Tarrant.

List of deans

*1905–1912 Decimus Govett *1913–1920 William Hayter *1921–1927 James Cropper *1928–1933

Geoffrey Warde Geoffrey Hodgson Warde (23 August 188920 May 1972) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Biography The son of Henry John Warde (a priest), he was educated at Tonbridge School and Keble College, Oxford; in 1915, he married Eileen (daught ...

*1933–1941

Walter Knight-Adkin Walter Kenrick Knight-Adkin (17 August 1880 – 24 May 1957) was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century. Ecclesiastical career Born in Cheltenham, Knight-Adkin was educated at Cheltenham College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford ...

*1941–1943 James Johnston ''(Acting)'' *1943–1945 William Ashley-Brown *1945–1950 Stephen Nason *1950–1960 Henry Lloyd *1960–1968

Godfrey Worsley Godfrey Stuart Harling Worsley (4 December 1906 – 10 November 1990) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century. Worsley was born into an ecclesiastical family. His father was A. E. Worsley, sometime Rector of Georgeham on 4 December 1906 and e ...

*1968–1973 Ken Giggall *1973–1978

Ambrose Weekes Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes (25 April 191924 April 2012) was an Anglo-CatholicDaily Telegraph obituary Issue no 48,822 dated 17 May 201Online version(Retrieved 16 January 2017) bishop in the 20th century who served as the first Suffragan Bisho ...

*1978–1983 Robert Pope *1983–1985 John Rowlands *1986–1988

Anthony Nind Anthony Lindsay Nind, (21 February 1926 – 5 January 2000) was an Anglican priest who served as Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar, Dean of Gibraltar from 1986 to 1988. Biography Anthony Lindsay Nind was born on 21 February 1926. He wa ...

*1989–1997

Brian Horlock Brian William Horlock (1931 – 20 December 2022) was an English Anglican priest. Early life and education Horlock was born in 1931, educated at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and ordained in 1957. Ordained ministry Horlock was a curate ...

*1997–2000 Gordon Reid *2000–2003 Kenneth Robinson *2003–2008 Alan Woods *2008November 2017Diocese in Europe — Prayer Diary
(Accessed 7 January 2018)

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*2017–2020: '' Robin Gill (acting dean)'' *13 October 2020present: Ian Tarrant (2 April installation postponed; licensed as " Bishop's

Commissary A commissary is a government official charged with oversight or an ecclesiastical official who exercises in special circumstances the jurisdiction of a bishop. In many countries, the term is used as an administrative or police title. It often c ...

in Gibraltar" ''ad interim'')

References

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