Dean of Bradford

The Dean of Bradford is the head and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Bradford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of St Peter in Bradford. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is one of three co-equal mother churches 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 and as such the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Bradford. The current dean is Jerry Lepine.

Bradford Cathedral

List of deans

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Paul Slater, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds)
Other bishops	AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield
Deans	Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield
Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Jonathan Gough, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirstall)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

Deans in the Church of England
Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Christ Church (Oxford) Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester
Province of York	Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York
Royal Deans	Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

Provosts and Deans of Bradford
Provosts	Cecil Wilson Edward Mowll John Tiarks Alan Cooper Brandon Jackson John Richardson (became Dean)
Deans	John Richardson Christopher Hancock David Ison Andy Williams (acting)

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