Dean of Belfast

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

The Dean of Belfast is the senior official of St Anne's Cathedral in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland and head of the Chapter, its governing body.^[1][2]

List of Deans of Belfast

• 1894–1899: Henry Stewart O’Hara; first dean of Belfast (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford,1900)
• 1899–1903: Charles Frederick D’Arcy; became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, and subsequently Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally Archbishop of Armagh
• 1903–1911: John Joseph Robinson
• 1911–1919: Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson (afterwards Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1919)
• 1919–1926: Thomas Gibson George Collins (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1926)
• 1926–1932: Henry Robert Brett
• 1932–1945: William Shaw Kerr
• 1945–1956: Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott (afterwards Bishop of Connor, 1956)
• 1956–1970: Cuthbert Irvine Peacocke (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1970)
• 1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks
• 1985–2001: John Shearer, OBE
• 2001–2011: Houston McKelvey^[3]
• 2011-present: John Mann

References

1. Deans of Belfast since 1904. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
3. Row over cathedral development. BBC News, dated 29 August 2003.

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