Dean of Manchester

The Dean of Manchester is based in Manchester, England and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral. The current dean is Rogers Govender.

List of deans

Manchester cathedral

1840–1847 William Herbert
1847–1872 George Bowers
1872–1883 Benjamin Cowie (afterwards Dean of Exeter, 1883)
1884–1890 John Oakley
1890–1906 Edward Maclure
1906–1918 James Welldon
1918–1920 William Swayne (afterwards Bishop of Lincoln, 1920)
1920–1924 Gough McCormick
1924–1931 Hewlett Johnson (afterwards Dean of Canterbury,1931)
1931–1948 Garfield Williams
1949–1953 Leonard Wilson (afterwards Bishop of Birmingham, 1953)
1954–1963 Herbert Jones
1964–1983 Alfred Jowett
1984–1993 Robert Waddington
1993–2005 Ken Riley
2005–present Rogers Govender

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker The Bishop suffragan of Bolton, Chris Edmondson The Bishop suffragan of Middleton, Mark Davies AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender The Archdeacon of Rochdale, Cherry Vann The Archdeacon of Bolton, David Bailey The Archdeacon of Manchester, Mark Ashcroft The Archdeacon of Salford, David Sharples

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

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

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