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 Tremlett, who was installed on 25 September 2022.
List of deans
Post-Reformation
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Nowell | 
|
1560 | 1602[†] |
| John Overall | 
|
1602 | 1614 |
| Valentine Cary | 
|
1614 | 1621 |
| John Donne | 
|
1621 | 1631[†] |
| Thomas Winniffe | 
|
1631 | 1642 |
| Richard Steward (not installed) |
|
1642 | 1651[†] |
| Vacancy (English Interregnum) | 1651 | 1660 | |
| Matthew Nicholas |
|
1660 | 1661[†] |
| John Barwick | 
|
1661 | 1664[†] |
| William Sancroft | 
|
1664 | 1678 |
| Edward Stillingfleet | 
|
1678 | 1689 |
| John Tillotson | 
|
1689 | 1691 |
| William Sherlock | 
|
1691 | 1707[†] |
| Henry Godolphin | 
|
1707 | 1726 |
| Francis Hare (in commendam as Bishop of St Asaph 1727–31, as Bishop of Chichester from 1731) |
|
1726 | 1740[†] |
| Joseph Butler (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |
|
1740 | 1750 |
| Thomas Secker (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |
|
1750 | 1758 |
| John Hume (in commendam as Bishop of Oxford) |
|
1758 | 1766 |
| Frederick Cornwallis (in commendam as Bishop of Lichfield) |
|
1766 | 1768 |
| Thomas Newton (in commendam as Bishop of Bristol) |
|
1768 | 1782[†] |
| Thomas Thurlow (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |
|
1782 | 1787 |
| George Pretyman Tomline (Pretyman until 1803) (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln) |
|
1787 | 1820 |
| William Van Mildert (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
|
1820 | 1826 |
| Charles Sumner (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
|
1826 | 1827 |
| Edward Copleston (in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff) |
|
1827 | 1849[†] |
| Henry Hart Milman | 
|
1849 | 1868[†] |
| Henry Longueville Mansel | 
|
1868 | 1871[†] |
| Richard William Church | 
|
1871 | 1890[†] |
| Robert Gregory | 
|
1891 | 1911[†] |
| William Ralph Inge | 
|
1911 | 1934 |
| Walter Matthews | 
|
1934 | 1967 |
| Martin Sullivan |
|
1967 | 1978 |
| Alan Webster |
|
1978 | 1988 |
| Eric Evans |
|
1988 | 1996[†] |
| John Moses |
|
1996 | 2006 |
| Graeme Knowles | 
|
2007 | 2011 |
| David Ison |
|
2012 | 2022 |
| Andrew Tremlett |
|
2022 | incumbent |
See also
Notes
- † Died in office
References
- Deans of St Paul's. Greenway, D. E. (1968). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 4–8.
- Deans of St Paul's. Horn, J. M. (1963). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Volume 5: St Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 4–7.
- Deans of St Paul's. Horn, J. M. (1969). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London. British History Online. pp. 5–7.
- WR Matthews: [1] Archived 5 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
- St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: [2] Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
