Dean of Worcester

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The Dean of Worcester is the head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in Worcester^[1], England. The most current Dean^[2] is the Very Rev Peter Gordon Atkinson^[3] who lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.

List of Deans

Name	Dates	Previous post	Subsequent post
Henry Holbeach	1541-1544	Last prior of Worcester Cathedral Priory[4]
John Barlow	1544-1553		Deprived under Mary[4]
Philip Hawford	1553-1557	Last Cellarer of Evesham Abbey before the Dissolution[4]
Seth Holland	1557-1559	Also warden of All Souls College, Oxford	Deprived of office under Elizabeth[4]
John Pedder	1559-1571	President of St Johns College, Oxford[4]
Thomas Wilson	1571-1586[4]
Francis Willis	1586-1597	President of St Johns College, Oxford 1577-90[4]
Richard Edes	1597-1604[4]
James Montague	1604-1608	Dean of Lichfield	Bishop of Bath and Wells[4]
Arthur Lake	1608-1616		Bishop of Bath and Wells[4]
Joseph Hall	1616-1627		Bishop of Exeter[4]
William Juxon	1627-1633	President of St Johns College, Oxford	Bishop of London[4]
Roger Maynwaring	1633-1636		Also Bishop of St David's[4]
Christopher Potter	1636-1646	Provost of Queen’s College, Oxford[4]
Richard Holdsworth	1646-1649	Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge[4]
	1649-1660	No dean during the Interregnum
John Oliver	1660-1661	President of Magdalene College, Oxford until 1647[4]
Thomas Warmestry	1661-1665[4]
William Thomas	1665-1683		Also Bishop of St David's[4]
George Hickes	1683-1691		Suspended at the Glorious Revolution[4]
William Talbot	1691-1715	Also Bishop of Oxford from 1699	Bishop of Salisbury[4]
Francis Hare	1715-1726	Dean of St Paul's	Bishop of St Asaph[4]
James Stillingfleet	1726-1746[4]
Edmund Marten	1746-1751[4]
John Waugh	1751-65[4]
Richard Wrottesley	1765-1769[4]
William Digby	1769-1778		Dean of Durham[4]
Robert Foley	1778-1783[4]
St Andrew St John	1783-1795[4]	NB: son of the 11th Lord St John of Bletso
Arthur Onslow	1795-1817[4]
John Jenkinson	1817-1825		Bishop of St David's[4]
James Hook	1825-1828[4]
George Murray	1828-1845	Also Bishop of Rochester[4]
John Peel	1845-1874[4]
The Hon Grantham Yorke	1874-1879[4]
Lord Alwyne Compton	1879-1886		Bishop of Ely[4]
John Gott	1886-1891		Bishop of Truro[4]
Robert Forrest	1891-1908[4]
William Moore Ede	1908-1934		retired; died 1935[4]
Arthur Davies	1934-1949		retired; died 1966[4]
William Beck	1949-1957[4]
Bobby Milburn	1957-1968[4]
Eric Kemp	1969-1974		Bishop of Chichester[4]
Tom Baker	1975-1986		Retired; died 2000
Robert Jeffery	1987-1996		Sub-dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Peter Marshall	1996-2006		Retired
Peter Atkinson	2006–present

References

1. ^ Worcester Cathedral, UK.
2. ^ Official notification of appointment, 10 Downing Street, British Government, UK.
3. ^ Peter Atkinson: New Dean, BBC Hereford and Worcester, UK.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap} B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979)

Notes

1. ^ Worcester Cathedral, UK.
2. ^ Official notification of appointment, 10 Downing Street, British Government, UK.
3. ^ Peter Atkinson: New Dean, BBC Hereford and Worcester, UK.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap} B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979)