The Dean of Bradford is the

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and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of

Bradford Cathedral Bradford Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, one of three co-equal cathedrals in the Diocese of Leeds alongside Ripon and Wakefield. Its site has been used for Chri ...

. 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

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at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is one of three co-equal

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es of the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds; until 2014 it was the mother church of the now-defunct

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and as such the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Bradford.

List of deans

Provosts

*1930–1931 Cecil Wilson *1933–1943

Edward Mowll Edward Worsfold Mowll (28 December 1881 – 12 June 1964) was an Anglican bishop, the fourth Bishop of Middleton. Educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Jesus College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1905 and after a curacy at Leyton became ...

*1944–1962

John Tiarks John Gerhard Tiarks (5 April 19032 January 1974) was an Anglican bishop whose ecclesiastical career spanned forty five years in the mid twentieth century. Educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1927 — h ...

*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 Christopher Anthony Arthur Hancock (5 June 1928 – 29 September 2004) was a British television and theatre actor. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. His brother was actor Stephen Hancock. He and his brother trained at ...

*September 2005–May 2012

David Ison David John Ison (born 15 September 1954) is a retired Church of England priest. From 2012 until his 2022 retirement, he served as the Dean of St Paul's in the Diocese of London. Early life and education David Ison, son of Richard Lea Ison ...

*2012–2013 Andy Williams (Acting) *201331 July 2021 (ret.): Jerry Lepine *19 June 2022present: Andy Bowerman

References

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