Dean of Gloucester

The cloisters courtyard at Gloucester Cathedral

The Dean of Gloucester is the head (primus inter pares: first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity in Gloucester. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Gloucester and seat of the Bishop of Gloucester. The current dean is Stephen Lake.

List of deans

Early modern

1541–1565 William Jennings
1565–1569 John Man
1569–1570 Thomas Cooper
1571–1580 Lawrence Humphrey
1580–1585 Vacancy
1585–1594 Anthony Rudd
1594–1607 Griffith Lewis
1607–1609 Thomas Moreton
1609–1616 Richard Field
1616–1621 William Laud
1621–1624 Richard Senhouse
1624–1631 Thomas Winniffe
1631–1631 George Warburton
1631–1643 Accepted Frewen
1643–1671 William Brough
1671–1673 Thomas Vyner
1673–1681 Robert Frampton
1681–1685 Thomas Marshall
1685–1707 William Jane
1707–1720 Knightly Chetwood

1720–1723 John Waugh
1723–1729 John Frankland
1729–1730 Peter Allix
1730–1758 Daniel Newcombe
1758–1799 Josiah Tucker

Late modern

1800–1808 John Luxmoore
1808–1825 John Plumptre
1825–1862 Edward Rice
1862–1884 Henry Law
1885–1885 Edward Bickersteth
1885–?1887 Montagu Butler
1887–1917 Donald Spence (Spence-Jones after 1904)^[1]
1917–1938 Henry Gee^[2]
1938–1953 Harold Costley-White^[2]
1953–1972 Seiriol Evans^[2]
1973–1982 Gilbert Thurlow
1983–1996 Kenneth Jennings^[3]^[4]
1997–2010 Nicholas Bury^[5]
2011–present Stephen Lake^[6]

Sources

References

Diocese of Gloucester

Gloucester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Gloucester Church House, Gloucester

Office holders	Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester Robert Springett, Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester Jackie Searle, Archdeacon of Gloucester Phil Andrew, Archdeacon-designate of Cheltenham

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cirencester (1882–1919; renamed to Archdeacon of Cheltenham)

Deans in the Church of England

Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester 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

Deans of Gloucester

Early modern	William Jennings John Man Thomas Cooper Lawrence Humphrey Anthony Rudd Griffith Lewis Thomas Moreton Richard Field William Laud Richard Senhouse Thomas Winniffe George Warburton Accepted Frewen William Brough Thomas Vyner Robert Frampton Thomas Marshall William Jane Knightly Chetwood John Waugh John Frankland Peter Allix Daniel Newcombe Josiah Tucker

Late modern	John Luxmoore John Plumptre Edward Rice Henry Law Edward Bickersteth Montagu Butler Donald Spence Jones Henry Gee Harold Costley-White Seiriol Evans Gilbert Thurlow Kenneth Jennings Nicholas Bury Stephen Lake

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