The Dean of Bradford is the

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and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of

Bradford Cathedral Bradford Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, one of three co-equal cathedrals in the Diocese of Leeds alongside Ripon and Wakefield. Its site has been used for Christ ...

. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of St Peter'' in

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

. Before 2000 the post was designated as a

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, which was then the equivalent of a

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at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is one of three co-equal

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es of the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds; until 2014 it was the mother church of the now-defunct

Diocese of Bradford The Diocese of Bradford is a former Church of England diocese within the Province of York. The diocese covered the area of the City of Bradford, Craven district, the former Sedbergh Rural District now in Cumbria and the parts of the Lancashi ...

and as such the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Bradford.

List of deans

Provosts

*1930–1931 Cecil Wilson *1933–1943

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*1944–1962 John Tiarks *1962–1977

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*1977–1989 Brandon Jackson *1990–''2000'' John Richardson ''(became Dean)''

Deans

*''2000''–2001 John Richardson ''(previously Provost)'' *2002–2004

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*September 2005–May 2012 David Ison *2012–2013 Andy Williams (Acting) *201331 July 2021 (ret.): Jerry Lepine *19 June 2022present: Andy Bowerman

References

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