Dean of Worcester

Head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in England

Worcester Cathedral

The Dean of Worcester is the head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in Worcester,[1] England. The deanery is vacant; when one is in post, the dean Peter Atkinson, who lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.[2]

List of deans

Early modern

  • 1541–1544 Henry Holbeach (last prior)
  • 1544–1553 John Barlow
  • 1553–1557 Philip Hawford
  • 1557–1559 Seth Holland
  • 1559–1571 John Pedder
  • 1571–1586 Thomas Wilson
  • 1586–1597 Francis Willis
  • 1597–1604 Richard Edes
  • 1604–1608 James Montague
  • 1608–1616 Arthur Lake
  • 1616–1627 Joseph Hall
  • 1627–1633 William Juxon
  • 1633–1636 Roger Maynwaring
  • 1636–1646 Christopher Potter
  • 1646–1649 Richard Holdsworth
  • 1649–1660 No dean during the Interregnum
  • 1660–1661 John Oliver
  • 1661–1665 Thomas Warmestry
  • 1665–1683 William Thomas
  • 1683–1691 George Hickes
  • 1691–1715 William Talbot
  • 1715–1726 Francis Hare
  • 1726–1746 James Stillingfleet
  • 1746–1751 Edmund Marten

Late modern

  • 1795–1817 Arthur Onslow
  • 1817–1825 John Jenkinson
  • 1825–1828 James Hook
  • 1828–1845 George Murray, Bishop of Rochester
  • 1845–1874 John Peel
  • 1874–1879 Hon Grantham Yorke
  • 1879–1886 Lord Alwyne Compton
  • 1886–1891 John Gott
  • 1891–1908 Robert Forrest
  • 1908–1934 William Moore Ede
  • 1934–1949 Arthur Davies
  • 1949–1957 William Beck
  • 1957–1968 Bobby Milburn
  • 1969–1974 Eric Kemp
  • 1975–1986 Tom Baker
  • 1987–1996 Bob Jeffery
  • 1996–2006 Peter Marshall
  • 2006–2023 Peter Atkinson[3][4] (retired 25 August 2023)[5]

References

  1. ^ Worcester Cathedral, UK.
  2. ^ Crockford's on-line accessed by subscription Tuesday 11 June 2013 06:10 GMT
  3. ^ Official notification of appointment Archived 2009-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, 10 Downing Street, British Government, UK.
  4. ^ Peter Atkinson: New Dean, BBC Hereford and Worcester, UK.
  5. ^ "The Dean of Worcester Retires After 16 Years" (PDF). Worcester Cathedral. 17 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

Sources

  • B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979).
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