The Dean of Coventry is based at

Coventry Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The curren ...

in the West Midlands, UK and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral, which was created in 1918 from the parish church of St Michael. The current dean is

John Witcombe John Julian Witcombe (born 1 March 1959) is the Dean of Coventry in the Church of England. Ministry After ordination in 1984, he served in Birtley, Tyne and Wear, Birtley, County Durham before moving to be the team Vicar of St Barnabas, Inham Nook ...

. Prior to appointment of the first dean the function was carried out by a sub-dean or a provost.

List of incumbents

Sub-Deans

*1918–1922 William Haighton Chappel *1922–1923

Harry Woollcombe Henry St John Stirling Woollcombe (27 December 1869 – 1 December 1941) was the inaugural Bishop of Whitby from 1923 until 1939; and also of Selby. Born into a clerical family, he was educated at Clifton College and Keble College, Oxford befo ...

*1924–1929

St Barbe Holland Herbert St Barbe Holland (15 October 1882 - 9 June 1966) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Holland was born in 1882, the youngest of three sons of Canon William Lyall Holland of Cornhill-on-Tweed. He was educated at Durham School and U ...

*1929–''1931'' Cyril Morton ''(became Provost)''

Provosts

*''1931''–1932 Cyril Morton *1933–1958

Richard Howard Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022; adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, w ...

*1958–1981 Harold Williams *1982–1987 Colin Semper *1988–''2000'' John Petty

Deans

*''2000''–2000 John Petty ''(for 9 days)'' *2000–2001 Stuart Beake ''(Acting Dean)'' *2001–2012 John Irvine *2012-2013 Tim Pullen ''(Acting Dean)'' *2013–present

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