The Dean of Bristol is the head of the
Chapter of the
Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol, England. The Dean is
Mandy Ford
Amanda Kirstine Ford (known as Mandy; born 1961) is a British Anglican priest who has served as Dean of Bristol since 3 October 2020.
Early life and education
Ford was born in 1961 in Wool, Dorset, England. Her father was Sir David Frost, an army ...
, since her installation on 3 October 2020.
List of deans
Early modern
*1542–1551
William Snow (previously last
prior
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of
Bradenstoke)
*1551–1552
John Whiteheare
*1552–1554
George Carew (deprived)
*1554–1559
Henry Joliffe (deprived)
*1559–1580
George Carew (restored)
*1580–1590
John Sprint
*1590–1598
Anthony Watson
*1598–1617
Simon Robson
*1617–1639
Edward Chetwynd
*1639–1660
Matthew Nicholas (afterwards
Dean of St Paul's
The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England. The dean of St Paul's is also ''ex officio'' dean of the Order of the British Empire.
The current dean is Andrew Tremlet ...
, 1660)
*1660–1667
Henry Glemham
*1667–1683
Richard Towgood
*1683–1684
Samuel Crossman
Samuel Crossman (1623 – 4 February 1683) was a minister of the Church of England and a hymn writer. He was born at Bradfield Monachorum, now known as Bradfield St George, Suffolk, England.
Crossman earned a Bachelor of Divinity at Pembro ...
*1684–1685
Richard Thompson
*1685–1694
William Levett
*1694–1708
George Royse
*1708–1730
Robert Booth
*1730–1739
Samuel Creswick (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 ...
)
*1739–1757
Thomas Chamberlayne
*1757–1760
William Warburton
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Li ...
*1760–1761
Samuel Squire (afterwards
Bishop of St David's
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The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, ...
, 1761)
*1761–1763
Francis Ayscough
Francis Ayscough (1701–1763) was a tutor to George III and Clerk of the Closet to his father Frederick, Prince of Wales
*1763–1780
Cutts Barton
*1763–1799
John Hallam
John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006) was a British character actor, who frequently played hard men or military types.
Early life
John Hallam was born, the son of a superintendent at London Docklands, in 19 ...
Late modern
*1800–1803
Charles Layard
*1803–1810
Bowyer Sparke
Bowyer Edward Sparke (27 April 1759 – 4 April 1836) was an English bishop.
Life
He was born at Bury St Edmunds, and was admitted a pensioner at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 27 October 1777, where he matriculated in 1778. He graduated B.A. ...
*1810–1813
John Parsons
*1813–1837
Henry Beeke
*May–October 1837
Thomas Musgrave
*1837–1850
John Lamb
*1850–1891
Gilbert Elliot
*1891–1916
Francis Pigou
*1916–1921
Basil Wynne Willson (afterwards
Bishop of Bath and Wells
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The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...
, 1926)
*1922–1926
Edward Burroughs (afterwards
Bishop of Ripon, 1926)
*1926–1933
Henry de Candole
*1934–1951
Harry Blackburne
Harry William Blackburne DSO, MC (25 January 1878 – 31 May 1963) was an Anglican clergyman, Dean of Bristol from 1934 to 1951.
He was born on 25 January 1878 and educated at Tonbridge School and Clare College, Cambridge. After service as a ...
*–1957
Evered Lunt (afterwards Suffragan
Bishop of Stepney
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, 1957)
*1957–1972
Douglas Harrison
*1973–1987
Horace Dammers
Alfred Hounsell "Horace" Dammers (10 July 1921 – 23 August 2004) was a British Anglican dean and author in the second half of the 20th century.
He was born in Great Yarmouth, on 10 July 1921 to a family of Hanoverian origin; his great-grandfa ...
*1987–1997
Wesley Carr
Arthur Wesley Carr KCVO (26 July 1941 – 15 July 2017) was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.
Early life
Carr was educated at Dulwich College and then at Jesus College, Oxford. After theological studies at R ...
(afterwards
Dean of Westminster
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, 1997)
*1997–2009
Robert Grimley
*''2009–2010
Andrew Tremlett
Andrew Tremlett (born 9 March 1964) is a British Church of England priest. Since 2022, he has served as Dean of St Paul's, and is therefore the head of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral and the most senior priest in the Diocese of L ...
; acting dean''
*2010–2019
David Hoyle
*''2019-2020
Michael Johnson; acting dean''
*3 October 2020present
Mandy Ford
Amanda Kirstine Ford (known as Mandy; born 1961) is a British Anglican priest who has served as Dean of Bristol since 3 October 2020.
Early life and education
Ford was born in 1961 in Wool, Dorset, England. Her father was Sir David Frost, an army ...
Sources
British History — Houses of Augustinian canonsBritish History — Deans of Bristol
References
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Deans of Bristol
The Dean of Bristol is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol, England. The Dean is Mandy Ford, since her installation on 3 October 2020.
List of deans
Early modern
*1542–1551 William Sno ...
Deans
Dean of Bristol
Bristol Cathedral