Dean of Portsmouth

The Dean of Portsmouth is the head (primus inter pares – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Portsmouth Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury in Portsmouth. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth and seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth. The current Dean is the Very Revd Dr Anthony Cane.

List of deans

Provosts

1927–1930 Bernard Williams
1930–1938 Thomas Masters
1939–1972 Eric Porter Goff
1972–1982 Michael Nott
1982–1993 David Stancliffe
1994–1999 Michael Yorke
2000–2000 William Taylor (became Dean)

Deans

2000–2002 William Taylor
2002 – 10 June 2018 (ret.) David Brindley^[1]^[2]
2018–2019 Peter Leonard (Acting)
16 March 2019 – present Anthony Cane^[3]

References

^ The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas Newcastle upon Tyne – The Cathedral Team Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Diocese of Portsmouth — Dean of Portsmouth to retire (Accessed 26 January 2018)
^ "Sermon for Choral Evensong with the Installation of the Dean of Portsmouth — Portsmouth Cathedral". www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.

[1] The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas Newcastle upon Tyne – The Cathedral Team Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Diocese of Portsmouth — Dean of Portsmouth to retire (Accessed 26 January 2018)

[3] "Sermon for Choral Evensong with the Installation of the Dean of Portsmouth — Portsmouth Cathedral". www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.

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v t e Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cathedral Bishopsgrove, Fareham Portsmouth Diocesan Office
Office holders	Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown Steve Daughtery, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Kathryn Percival, Archdeacon of the Meon
Historic offices	Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)

v t e Deans in the Church of England
Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Dean of 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

v t e Provosts and Deans of Portsmouth
Provosts	Bernard Williams Thomas Masters Eric Porter Goff Michael Nott David Stancliffe Michael Yorke William Taylor (became Dean)
Deans	William Taylor (previously Provost) David Brindley Peter Leonard (Acting) Anthony Cane