The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the

Diocese of Chester The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York covering the pre-1974 county of Cheshire and therefore including the Wirral and parts of Stockport, Trafford and Tameside. History Ancient diocese Before the si ...

and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral.

List of deans

Early modern

*1541 Thomas Clerk (first Dean of Chester) *1541–1547 Henry Man (afterwards

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1546) *1547–1558 William Clyff *1560–1567

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*1567–1572

John Piers John Piers (Peirse) (1522/3 – 1594) was Archbishop of York between 1589 and 1594. Previous to that he had been Bishop of Rochester and Bishop of Salisbury. Life He was born at South Hinksey, near Oxford, and was educated at Magdalen Colleg ...

(afterwards

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1572) *1572–1579 Richard Langworth *1579–1580 Robert Dorset *1580–1589 Thomas Mawdesley *1589–1602

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*1602–1605 William Barlow (afterwards Bishop of Rochester 1605) *1605–1607 Henry Parry (afterwards

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1607) *1607–1644

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*1644–1657 William Nichols *1660–1682 Henry Bridgeman (also

1671) *1682–1691 James Arderne *1691–1718 Lawrence Fogg *1718–1721 Walter Offley *1721–1732 Thomas Allen *1732–1758 Thomas Brooke *1758–1787 William Smith *1787–1805

George Cotton George Edward Lynch Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta (29 October 1813 – 6 October 1866) was an English educator and clergyman, known for his connections with British India and the public school system. Life in England He was born at Chester, a g ...

Late modern

*1806–1815 Hugh Cholmondeley *1815-1820 Robert Hodgson (afterwards

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1820) *1820–1826

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*1826–1828 Edward Coplestone (afterwards

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1828) *1828–1831

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(afterwards Bishop of Exeter 1831) *1831–1839

George Davys George Davys (1780–1864) was an English cleric, tutor to Queen Victoria, and later Bishop of Peterborough. He was previously Dean of Chester. He himself was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, where a house is named after him. Life The ...

(afterwards Bishop of Peterborough 1839) *1839–1867 Frederick Anson *1867–1885

John Howson John Howson ( – 6 February 1632) was an English academic and bishop. Life He was born in the London parish of St Bride's Church, and educated at St Paul's School. He was a student and then a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vice-Chance ...

*1886–1919 John Darby *1920–1937 Frank Bennett *1937–1953 Norman Tubbs ( Assistant Bishop until 1948) *1954–1962 Michael Gibbs *1963–1977 George Addleshaw *1978–1986 Ingram Cleasby *1987–2001 Stephen Smalley *200230 September 2017 (ret.) Gordon McPhate *2017–2018 (Acting) Jane Brooke *8 September 2018present

Tim Stratford Timothy Richard Stratford (born 26 February 1961) is an Anglican priest and author. Since 2018, he has been Dean of Chester in the Church of England. He was previously Archdeacon of Leicester from 2012 to 2018. Early life and education Stratfor ...

Diocese of Chester — New Dean of Chester Cathedral announced
(Accessed 10 April 2018)

Sources

'Deans of Chester', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses (2004) accessed 2011-01-24

References

{{Deans of Chester Lists of Anglicans Deans of Chester Lists of English people