The Dean of Manchester is based in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and is the head of the Chapter of

Manchester Cathedral Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother ...

. The current dean is Rogers Govender MBE.

List of deans

*1840–1847 William Herbert *1847–1872 George Bowers *1872–1883 Benjamin Cowie (afterwards

Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral ...

, 1883) *1884–1890 John Oakley *1890–1906 Edward Maclure *1906–1918

James Welldon James Edward Cowell Welldon (25 April 1854 – 17 June 1937) was an English clergyman and scholar. He was Bishop of Calcutta from 1898 to 1902, Dean of Manchester from 1906 to 1918, and Dean of Durham from 1918 to 1933. Early life Welldon was ...

*1918–1920

William Swayne William Shuckburgh Swayne (1862–1941) was a Church of England bishop and author who served as Dean of Manchester then Bishop of Lincoln in the first half of the 20th century. Born in 1862 he was educated at New College, Oxford and ordained ...

(afterwards

Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...

, 1920) *1920–1924

Gough McCormick Joseph Gough McCormick (1874–1924) was Dean of Manchester in the first quarter of the 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical (and cricketing) family in London in 1874, he was educated at Exeter School and St John's College, Cambridge. He ...

*1924–1931

Hewlett Johnson Hewlett Johnson (25 January 1874 – 22 October 1966) was an English priest of the Church of England, Marxist Theorist and Stalinist. He was Dean of Manchester and later Dean of Canterbury, where he acquired his nickname "The Red Dean of Can ...

(afterwards

Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The current office of Dean originated after the English Reformation, although Deans had also existed before this time; its immediate precur ...

, 1931) *1931–1948

Garfield Williams Garfield Hodder Williams (21 November 1881 – 8 August 1960) was an eminent Anglican Priest in the second quarter of the 20th century. Born into an eminent publishing family in Bromley on 21 November 1881, he was educated at the City of Lond ...

*1949–1953

Leonard Wilson John Leonard Wilson (23 November 189722 July 1970) was an Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Singapore from 1941 to 1949 during the time of Japanese occupation and subsequently Dean of Manchester and Bishop of Birmingham. Education Wilson was bo ...

(afterwards

Bishop of Birmingham A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, 1953) *1954–1963 Herbert Jones *1964–1983

Alfred Jowett Alfred Jowett CBE was Dean of Manchester in the last third of the 20th Century. Born on 29 May 1914, educated at High Storrs and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1945, he began his career at St John the Evangelist, Goole. A ...

*1984–1993 Robert Waddington *1993–2005

Ken Riley Kenneth Jerome Riley (August 6, 1947 – June 7, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback. He spent his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals, first in the American Football League (AFL) in 1969 and then the ...

*2005–present Rogers Govender Christianity in Manchester *

Dean of Manchester The Dean of Manchester is based in Manchester, England and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral. The current dean is Rogers Govender MBE. List of deans *1840–1847 William Herbert *1847–1872 George Bowers *1872–1883 Benj ...

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