The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the Diocese of Chester 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 Henry Man (died 19 October 1556) was an English clergyman who served as the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the 16th century. Until the English Reformation he was a Carthusian monk who had been appointed the Prior of Witham, Somerset (1534–35) ...

(afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man 1546) *1547–1558

William Clyff William Cliffe, Clyffe or Clyff (died 1558) was an English churchman and lawyer, dean of Chester from 1547. Life Cliffe was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated LL.B. in 1514. He was admitted advocate at Doctors' Commons o ...

*1560–1567 Richard Walker *1567–1572 John Piers (afterwards Dean of Salisbury 1572) *1572–1579 Richard Langworth *1579–1580 Robert Dorset *1580–1589 Thomas Mawdesley *1589–1602 John Nutter *1602–1605

William Barlow William Barlow may refer to: Religious figures *William Barlow (bishop of Chichester) (c. 1498–1568), English cleric * William Barlow (bishop of Lincoln) (died 1613), Anglican priest and courtier, served as Bishop of Rochester and Bishop of Linco ...

(afterwards

Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...

1605) *1605–1607 Henry Parry (afterwards Bishop of Gloucester 1607) *1607–1644 Thomas Mallory *1644–1657 William Nichols *1660–1682 Henry Bridgeman (also Bishop of Sodor and Man 1671) *1682–1691 James Arderne *1691–1718 Lawrence Fogg *1718–1721

Walter Offley Walter Offley (15 July 1682 – 18 August 1721) was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester from 1718 until his death. Offley was born in Crewe and educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was also concurrently the Archdeacon of St ...

*1721–1732

Thomas Allen Thomas Allen may refer to: Clergy *Thomas Allen (nonconformist) (1608–1673), Anglican/nonconformist priest in England and New England *Thomas Allen (dean of Chester) (died 1732) *Thomas Allen (scholar) (1681–1755), Anglican priest in England * ...

*1732–1758 Thomas Brooke *1758–1787 William Smith *1787–1805 George Cotton

Late modern

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

Dean of Carlisle The Dean of Carlisle is based in Carlisle, UK and is the head of the Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral. There have been 39 previous incumbents and the post is currently vacant. List of deans Early modern *1542–1547 Lancelot Salkeld (last prior ...

1820) *1820–1826 Peter Vaughan *1826–1828

Edward Coplestone Edward Copleston (2 February 177614 October 1849) was an English churchman and academic, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, from 1814 till 1828 and Bishop of Llandaff from 1827. Life Born into an ancient West Country family, Copleston was born ...

(afterwards Bishop of Llandaff 1828) *1828–1831 Henry Phillpotts (afterwards

Bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Exeter is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. Since 30 April 2014 the ordinary has been Robert Atwell.

1831) *1831–1839 George Davys (afterwards Bishop of Peterborough 1839) *1839–1867

Frederick Anson Frederick Anson (1811-1885) was a British clergyman from the Anson family, who served as Canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Early life and education Anson was the son of Dean of Chester Frederick Anson (son of George Anson and Mary V ...

*1867–1885 John Howson *1886–1919 John Darby *1920–1937 Frank Bennett *1937–1953

Norman Tubbs Norman Henry Tubbs (5 July 1879 – 2 September 1965) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Biography Tubbs was educated at Highgate School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1903 and was a curate at Whitechapel P ...

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Assistant Bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. Church of England In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually retired (diocesan or suffragan) bishops – in which case they ...

until 1948) *1954–1962 Michael Gibbs *1963–1977

George Addleshaw George William Outram Addleshaw (1 December 1906–14 June 1982) was Dean of Chester in the third quarter of the 20th century. He was born on 1 December 1906 and educated at Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordained in ...

*1978–1986

Ingram Cleasby (Thomas Wood) Ingram Cleasby was the Dean of Chester in the latter part of the 20th century. Biography Ingram Cleasby was born on 27 March 1920 in Kendal, Westmorland, England, and was educated at Sedbergh and Magdalen College, Oxford. He saw a ...

*1987–2001

Stephen Smalley Stephen Stewart Smalley was Dean of Chester in the last part of the 20th century and the first year of the 21st: he is also an eminent Anglican scholar. Born in London in 1931, educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1958, Stephen ...

*200230 September 2017 (ret.)

Gordon McPhate Gordon Ferguson McPhate (born 1 June 1950) is an Anglican priest, who was Dean of Chester from 2002 to 2017. Biography McPhate was educated at the University of Aberdeen, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, the University of Surrey and the Universit ...

*2017–2018 (Acting) Jane Brooke *8 September 2018present Tim StratfordDiocese 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