The Dean of Derby is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of

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. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of All Saints'' in

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. 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 the

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of the Diocese of Derby of the

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and seat of the

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. The incumbent dean, since July 2020, is Peter Robinson.

List of deans

Provosts

*1931–1937

Herbert Ham Herbert Ham was an Anglican priest and musician. He was born in 1869, educated at Worcester College, Oxford and ordained in 1898. Following curacies in Wormley and Chelmsford he held incumbencies in Derby, Wirksworth and Carsington Carsing ...

*1937–1947 Philip Micklem *1947–1953

Ronald O'Ferrall Ronald Stanhope More O’Ferrall was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1926 until 1940. O'Ferrall was born in 1890 and educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1915 and was a curate at C ...

*1953–1981 Ronald Beddoes *1981–1997

Benjamin Lewers Benjamin Hugh Lewers (25 March 193225 March 2015) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. Lewers was born on 25 March 1932, educated at Sherborne School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1962. After a cura ...

*21 March 1998''17 March 2000''

Michael Perham Michael Perham (born 16 March 1992) is an England, English sailor and adventurer from Potters Bar. In 2007 at the age of 14 he became the youngest person in the world to successfully sail across the Atlantic Ocean single-handed sailing, single- ...

''(became Dean)''

Deans

*''17 March 2000''2004

''(previously Provost)'' *2005December 2007 Martin Kitchen *13 September 200831 January 2010

Jeff Cuttell Jeffrey Charles Cuttell (born 1959) is a British Anglican priest. He was Dean of Derby from 2007 until 2010. Biography He was born in 1959 in Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire, England. He educated at the University of Birmingham and Trinity College, B ...

*9 October 201020 November 2016 John Davies *2 November 201630 September 2017: Sue Jones, Acting Dean, and Director of Mission and Ministry *30 September 201730 September 2019:

Stephen Hance Stephen John Hance (born 16 April 1966) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2019, he has been National Lead for Evangelism and Witness for the Church of England. He was previously the Dean of Derby, and before that the Canon Missioner of Southwa ...

*20 July 2020present: Peter Robinson

References

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