Dean of St Paul's

The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chairman 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.

St Paul's Cathedral, London

The current dean is David Ison, who was installed on 25 May 2012.

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 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 incumbent

Notes
  • † Died in office

See also

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: Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
  • St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006: Date accessed: 15 February 2006.
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