The Dean of Bradford is the

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and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Bradford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of St Peter'' in

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is one of three co-equal mother churches of the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds; until 2014 it was the mother church of the now-defunct Diocese of Bradford and as such the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Bradford.

List of deans

Provosts

*1930–1931 Cecil Wilson *1933–1943 Edward Mowll *1944–1962

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*1962–1977

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*1977–1989 Brandon Jackson *1990–''2000'' John Richardson ''(became Dean)''

Deans

*''2000''–2001 John Richardson ''(previously Provost)'' *2002–2004 Christopher Hancock *September 2005–May 2012

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*2012–2013 Andy Williams (Acting) *201331 July 2021 (ret.):

Jerry Lepine Jeremy John "Jerry" Lepine (born 24 April 1956) is a British Church of England priest. He was Dean of Bradford from 2013 to 2021. Educated at St John's College, Nottingham and ordained in 1985, he began his career with a curacy at Trinity St Mic ...

*19 June 2022present:

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References

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