The Dean of Guildford is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of

Guildford Cathedral The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral in Guildford, Surrey, England. Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, Earl Onslow donated the first of land on which the cathedral ...

. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit'' in

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The nam ...

. The cathedral is the mother church of the

Diocese of Guildford __NOTOC__ The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese covering eight and half of the eleven districts in Surrey, much of north-east Hampshire and a parish in Greater London. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the ...

and seat of the

Bishop of Guildford The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury. The title had first appeared as a suffragan see in the Diocese of Winchester in 1874. The Bishop suffragan of Guildford assi ...

. The current dean is Bob Cooper, since his institution on 26 January 2025.

List of deans

*1961–1965 George Clarkson *1968–1986 Tony Bridge *1987–2001 Alex Wedderspoon *2002–2012 Victor Stock *31 July 2012 – 4 September 2013 Nicholas Thistlethwaite ''(Acting Dean)'' *4 September 201330 September 2023

Dianna Gwilliams Dianna Lynn Gwilliams DL (born 26 May 1957) is an American-British retired Anglican priest. She served as Dean of Guildford, 2013–2023. Early life and education Gwilliams was born on 26 May 1957 in Colorado, United States. She grew up in ...

Diocese Guildford – New Dean of Guildford announced
*26 January 2025present Bob Cooper

References

Sources

Window on Woking – 1927 Diocese of Guildford Bishops Deans and Archdeacons of Dorking
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