The Dean of Ripon is a senior cleric in the

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Diocese of Leeds. The dean is the head of the chapter at Ripon Cathedral – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the

Diocese of Ripon The Diocese of Ripon (Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until 2014) was a former Church of England diocese, part of the Province of York. Immediately prior to its dissolution, it covered an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as ...

and a minster in the

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List of deans

Deans of Ripon Minster

*1604–1608

Moses Fowler Moses Fowler was Dean of Ripon from 1604 until his death in March 1608. From Kent, Fowler was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He held livings at Aylsham, Brandesburton Brandesburton is a village and civil parish in the East Ri ...

*1608–1624

Anthony Higgin Anthony Higgin was Dean of Ripon from 1608 until his death in 1624. Anthony Higgin was the son of Thomas Higgin of Manchester and his wife, Elisabeth Birch, and was probably born in the early 1550s. The family was clearly of a certain standing an ...

*1624–1634 John Wilson *1635–1645 Thomas Dod *1646–1662 ''Vacancy – Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland'' *1663–1672

John Wilkins John Wilkins, (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. Wilkins is one of the fe ...

*1674–1675 John Neile *1675–1675

Thomas Tully Thomas Tully (1620–1676) was an Anglican cleric. Life The son of George Tully of Carlisle, Cumbria, he was born in St Mary's parish there on 22 July 1620. He was educated in the parish free school under John Winter, and afterwards at Barton Ki ...

*1675–1686 Thomas Cartwright *1686–1710

Christopher Wyvill Christopher Wyvill (1740–1822) was an English cleric and landowner, a political reformer who inspired the formation of the ''Yorkshire Association'' movement in 1779. The American Revolutionary War had forced the government of Lord North to ...

*1710–1750 Heneage Dering *1750–1791

Francis Wanley Francis Wanley, Doctor of Divinity (b Marske 25 April 1709; d Ripon 9 July 1791) was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 18th century. Wanley was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He held livings at Thirkleby, Aldbor ...

*1791–1828

Darley Waddilove Robert Darley Waddilove (born Robert Darley; known after 1762 as Darley Waddilove; November 1736 – 18 August 1828) was Dean of Ripon. Waddilove was born in November 1736, was son of Abel Darley of Boroughbridge. This branch of the Darley family ...

*1828–''1836''

James Webber James Webber (1772 – 3 September 1847) was an English churchman, Dean of Ripon from 1828 until his death. Webber was the son of Rev. William Webber, canon of Chichester Cathedral, and his wife Anne . He was educated at Westminster School and C ...

Deans of Ripon Cathedral

*''1836''–1847 James Webber *1847–1859 Hon Henry Erskine (son of

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) *1859–1860

Thomas Garnier Thomas Garnier (1776–1873) was an English churchman and botanist, Dean of Winchester from 1840 to 1872. Life He was the son of George Garnier of Wickham, Hampshire, educated at Hyde Abbey School. He matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford i ...

*1860–1868 William Goode *1868–1876

Hugh Boyd M‘Neile Hugh Boyd M‘Neile (18 July 1795 – 28 January 1879) was a well-connected and controversial Irish-born Calvinist Anglican of Scottish descent. Fiercely anti- Tractarian and anti-Roman Catholic (and, even more so, anti-Anglo-Catholic) and an ...

*1876–1876

Sydney Turner Sydney Turner (2 April 1814 – 26 June 1879) was an Anglican clergyman, Dean of Ripon from December 1875 until March 1876. He was born in 1814,''Obituary.'' The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 02, 1879; pg. 7; Issue 29609 the youngest son ...

*1876–1895 William Fremantle ''(uncle)'' *1895–1914 Hon William Fremantle ''(nephew)'' *1915–1940

Mansfield Owen Charles Mansfield Owen (24 October 1852 – 4 November 1940) was an Anglican priest. He was born at Rodborough, Gloucestershire in 1852, the seventh son of barrister Herbert Owen and Catherine Paterson. He was educated at Merton College, Oxf ...

*1941–1951

Godwin Birchenough Godwin Birchenough (27 October 1880, Macclesfield, Cheshire – 3 March 1953) was the only son of Walter Edwin Birchenough and was the grandson of John Birchenough, a prominent Macclesfield silk manufacturer. Godwin Birchenough, who was also ...

*1951–1967

Llewelyn Hughes Frederick Llewelyn Hughes (12 July 1894 – 4 June 1967) was an Anglican priest and British Army chaplain. He served as Chaplain-General from 1944 to 1951 and Dean of Ripon from 1951 to 1967. Early life Hughes was born on 12 July 1894 and ...

*1968–1984 Edwin Le Grice *1984–1995

Christopher Campling Christopher Russell Campling (4 July 1925 – 9 December 2020) was a British Anglican priest who was the Dean of Ripon. Early life and education Campling was born on 4 July 1925 and educated at Lancing College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Ordain ...

*1995–2005 John Methuen *2007–2013

Keith Jukes Keith Michael Jukes (18 February 1954 – 21 May 2013) was a senior Church of England priest. From 2007 to 2013, he was the dean of Ripon. Early life and education Jukes was born on 18 February 1954. He studied theology at the University of Leeds ...

10 Downing Street – Dean of Ripon
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References

Sources

British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Ripon (Cathedral)
{{Deans of Ripon Lists of Anglicans Lists of English people Ripon, Dean of