Dean of Christ Church

Christ Church Cathedral

The Dean of Christ Church is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and head of the governing body of Christ Church, a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford and seat of the Bishop of Oxford. The chapter of canons of the cathedral has formed the governing body of the college since its foundation, with the dean as ex officio head of the chapter and ipso facto head of the college. Since 4 October 2014, the dean has been Martyn Percy.^[1]

List of deans

From the diocese's foundation in 1542 until 1545, the cathedral was at Osney. There, the dean was John London (until 1543), and then Cox, who was reappointed dean at Christ Church.

Early modern 1546–1553 Richard Cox 1553–1559 Richard Marshall 1559–1561 George Carew 1561–1565 Thomas Sampson 1565–1567 Thomas Godwin 1567–1571 Thomas Cooper 1571–1576 John Piers 1577–1583 Tobias Matthew 1584–1596 William James 1596–1605 Thomas Ravis 1605–1611 John King 1611–1620 William Goodwin 1620–1628 Richard Corbet 1628–1638 Brian Duppa 1638–1648 Samuel Fell 1648–1651 Edward Reynolds 1651–1660 John Owen March–July 1660 Edward Reynolds (again) July–October 1660 George Morley 1660–1686 John Fell 1686–1688 John Massey 1689–1710 Henry Aldrich 1711–1713 Francis Atterbury

1713–1719 George Smalridge 1719–1724 Hugh Boulter 1724–1732 William Bradshaw 1733–1755 John Conybeare 1756–1767 David Gregory 1767–1777 William Markham (in commendam as Bishop of Chester from 1771) 1777–1783 Lewis Bagot 1783–1809 Cyril Jackson Late modern 1809–1824 Charles Hall 1824–1831 Samuel Smith 1831–1855 Thomas Gaisford 1855–1891 Henry Liddell 1892–1901 Francis Paget 1901–1920 Thomas Strong[2] 1920–1934 Julian White 1934–1939 Alwyn Williams 1939–1959 John Lowe 1959–1969 Cuthbert Simpson 1969–1979 Henry Chadwick 1979–1991 Eric Heaton 1991–2003 John Drury 2003–2014[3] Christopher Lewis[4] 2014–present Martyn Percy[1]

References

1. Christ Church, Oxford – The Dean of Christ Church (Accessed 7 May 2014)
2. The London Gazette: no. 27329. p. 4399. 2 July 1901.
3. Oxford Mail – Dean of Christ Church preparing to retire and start new life in Suffolk (Accessed 7 May 2014)
4. Christ Church, Oxford – Dean, Cathedral Chapter and Staff