The Dean of St Albans is the head of the Chapter of

St Albans Cathedral St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban but often referred to locally as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. Much of its architecture dates from Norman times. It ceased to be ...

in the city of St Albans,

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 ...

in the

Diocese of St Albans The Diocese of St Albans forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese is home to more than 1.6 million people and comprises the hi ...

. As the Dean of St Albans is also the Rector of St Albans, with parochial responsibilities for the largest parish in the Church of England, it is regarded as one of the most senior Deaneries in the United Kingdom. The Chapter and Dean of St Albans was founded and constituted by Letters patent in February 1900. The first incumbent was

Walter Lawrance Walter John Lawrance (1840 – 1914) was a priest in the Church of England at the end of the 19th century and the very first part of the 20th. Lawrance was born in 1840 and educated at St Paul’s and Trinity College, Cambridge, before he became ...

and the incumbent is Jo Kelly-Moore.

List of deans

*1900–1914

*1914–1924 George Blenkin *1925–1935 Edward Henderson *1936–1955 Cuthbert Thicknesse *1955–1963 Kenneth Mathews *1964–1973 Noel Kennaby *1973–1993 Peter Moore *1994–2003 Christopher Lewis *2004–2021

Jeffrey John Jeffrey Philip Hywel John (born 10 February 1953) is a Church of England priest, who served as the Dean of St Albans from 2004 until 2021. He made headlines in 2003 when he was the first person to have openly been in a same-sex relationshi ...

*2021–present Jo Kelly-Moore

References

St Albans Diocese of St Albans {{Anglican-stub