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 current dean is Stephen Edwards. The dean lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.[2]

## List of deans

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### Early modern

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* 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

* 1751–1765 John Waugh
* 1765–1769 Richard Wrottesley
* 1769–1778 William Digby
* 1778–1783 Robert Foley
* 1783–1795 St Andrew St John (son of Lord St John of Bletso)

### Late modern

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* 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
* 2024–present Stephen Edwards (interim Dean since 2023)

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## References

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1. ^ Worcester Cathedral, UK.
2. ^ Crockford's on-line accessed by subscription Tuesday 11 June 2013 06:10 GMT

## Sources

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

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Anglican Diocese of Worcester

* Worcester Cathedral
* The Old Palace, Worcester
* Hartlebury Castle
* Alvechurch Palace
* Area scheme (1993–2002)

Office holders|

* Martin Gorick, Bishop suffragan of Dudley and Acting Bishop of Worcester
* AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
* Stephen Edwards, Dean of Worcester
* Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley
* Mark Badger, Archdeacon of Worcester

Historic offices|

* Bishop suffragan of Coventry (1891–1918; Diocese of Coventry erected)
* Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541 & 1552–1554; became Diocese of Gloucester)
* Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918) & of Warwick (1910–1918) became Diocese of Coventry)
* Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)

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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

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Deans of Worcester

Early modern|

* Henry Holbeach
* John Barlow
* Philip Hawford
* Seth Holland
* John Pedder
* Thomas Wilson
* Francis Willis
* Richard Edes
* James Montague
* Arthur Lake
* Joseph Hall
* William Juxon
* Roger Maynwaring
* Christopher Potter
* Richard Holdsworth
* John Oliver
* Thomas Warmestry
* William Thomas
* George Hickes
* William Talbot
* Francis Hare
* James Stillingfleet
* Edmund Marten
* John Waugh
* Sir Richard Wrottesley
* William Digby
* Robert Foley
* St Andrew St John

Late modern|

* Arthur Onslow
* John Jenkinson
* James Hook
* George Murray
* John Peel
* Grantham Yorke
* Alwyne Compton
* John Gott
* Robert Forrest
* William Moore Ede
* Arthur Davies
* William Beck
* Bobby Milburn
* Eric Kemp
* Tom Baker
* Bob Jeffery
* Peter Marshall
* Peter Atkinson
* Stephen Edwards

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