The Dean of Manchester is based in

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and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral. The current dean is Rogers Govender MBE.

List of deans

*1840–1847 William Herbert *1847–1872 George Bowers *1872–1883 Benjamin Cowie (afterwards

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, 1883) *1884–1890 John Oakley *1890–1906 Edward Maclure *1906–1918 James Welldon *1918–1920 William Swayne (afterwards

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, 1920) *1920–1924 Gough McCormick *1924–1931

Hewlett Johnson Hewlett Johnson (25 January 1874 – 22 October 1966) was an English priest of the Church of England, Marxist Theorist and Stalinist. He was Dean of Manchester and later Dean of Canterbury, where he acquired his nickname "The Red Dean of Ca ...

(afterwards

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, 1931) *1931–1948

Garfield Williams Garfield Hodder Williams (21 November 1881 – 8 August 1960) was an eminent Anglican Priest in the second quarter of the 20th century. Born into an eminent publishing family in Bromley on 21 November 1881, he was educated at the City of Lond ...

*1949–1953

Leonard Wilson John Leonard Wilson (23 November 189722 July 1970) was an Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Singapore from 1941 to 1949 during the time of Japanese occupation and subsequently Dean of Manchester and Bishop of Birmingham. Education Wilson was b ...

(afterwards

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, 1953) *1954–1963 Herbert Jones *1964–1983 Alfred Jowett *1984–1993 Robert Waddington *1993–2005 Ken Riley *2005–present Rogers Govender Christianity in Manchester *

Dean of Manchester The Dean of Manchester is based in Manchester, England and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral. The current dean is Rogers Govender MBE. List of deans *1840–1847 William Herbert *1847–1872 George Bowers *1872–1883 Benj ...

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