The Dean of Carlisle is based in Carlisle, UK and is the head of the Chapter of

Carlisle Cathedral Carlisle Cathedral is a grade-I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133. It is also the seat of the Bishop of Carlisle.Tim Tatton-Brown and John ...

. There have been 39 previous incumbents and the post is currently vacant.

List of deans

Early modern

*1542–1547 Lancelot Salkeld (last prior) *1548–1554 Thomas Smith *1554–1560 Lancelot Salkeld ''(again)'' *1560–1577 Thomas Smith ''(again)'' *1577–1596 John Wolley *1596–1622 Christopher Perkins *1622–1626 Francis White *1626–1629 William Peterson (afterwards

Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedr ...

) *1629–1654 Thomas Comber *1660–1672 Guy Carleton *1672–1684 Thomas Smith *1684–1686 Thomas Musgrave *1686–1704 William Grahme (afterwards

Dean of Wells The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells. List of deans High Medieval *1140–1164: Ivo *1164–1189: Ric ...

) *1704–1711 Francis Atterbury *1711–1713 George Smalridge *1713–1716

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*1716–1727 Thomas Tullie *1727–1735 George Fleming *1734–1763

Robert Bolton Robert Bolton (1572 – 16 December 1631) was an English clergyman and academic, noted as a preacher. Life He was born on Whit Sunday in Blackburn, Lancashire, the sixth son of Adam Bolton of Backhouse. He attended what is now Queen Elizabeth' ...

*1764

Charles Tarrant Charles Tarrant (1723–1791) was an Anglican priest. Tarrant was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He held incumbencies at North Tidworth, the City of Westminster, Staines, Bloomsbury, Lamberhurst and Wrotham. He was Dean of Carlisl ...

(afterwards

Dean of Peterborough The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey ...

, 1764–1791) *1764–1778 Thomas Wilson *1778–1782 Thomas Percy *1782–1791 Jeffery Ekins

Late modern

*1792–1820

Isaac Milner Isaac Milner (11 January 1750 – 1 April 1820) was a mathematician, an inventor, the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce a ...

*1820–1844 Robert Hodgson *1844–1848 John Cramer *1848 Samuel Hinds *1849–1856

Archibald Campbell Tait Archibald Campbell Tait (21 December 18113 December 1882) was an Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England and theologian. He was the first Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury and thus, head of the Church of England. Life Tait was bo ...

*1856–1881

Francis Close Francis Close (11 July 1797 – 18 December 1882) was the Anglican rector of Cheltenham (1826–1856) and Dean of Carlisle (1856–1881). Biography Close was born on 11 July 1797 in Frome, Somerset, the youngest son of the Rev. Henry Jackson Cl ...

*1882–1884 John Oakley *1884–1905 William Henderson *1906–1908 Charles Ridgeway *1908–1917 William Barker *1917–1924

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*1924–1933 Henry Stuart *1933–1938

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*1938–1942 Frederick Matheson *1943–1959 Cyril Mayne *1960–1973 Lionel du Toit *1973–1987 John Churchill *1988–1998 Henry Stapleton *1999–2003

Graeme Knowles Graeme Paul Knowles (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Anglican bishop. He served latterly as the Acting Dean of St Edmundsbury, having previously served as Bishop of Sodor and Man and as Dean of St Paul's. Biography Knowles was educated ...

*2004–2022 Mark Boyling (retired 30 September 2022)

References

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses
Church of England deans Lists of English people Diocese of Carlisle {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub