Dean of Liverpool explained

The Dean of Liverpool is based in Liverpool and is head of the chapter of Liverpool Cathedral.

Sue Jones was installed as Dean on 5 May 2018.^[1] A former dean, Edward Patey, said that being Dean of Liverpool was "the best job in the Church of England".^[2]

List of deans

• 1931–1955: Frederick Dwelly^[3]
• 1956–1963: Frederick Dillistone
• 1964–1983: Edward Patey
• 1983–1999: Derrick Walters
• 2000–2007: Rupert Hoare
• 2007–2011: Justin Welby (became Bishop of Durham, then Archbishop of Canterbury)
• 15 September 2012^{[4] [5]} 5 June 2017: Pete Wilcox (became Bishop of Sheffield)
• 5 May 2018present: Sue Jones

Notes and References

1. http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/43/section.aspx/37/we_announce_the_8_dean_of_liverpool Liverpool Cathedral — We announce the 8th Dean of Liverpool
2. BNet.com - Obituary of Derrick Walters - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000508/ai_n14311674
3. PETER KENNERLEY. Frederick William Dwelly: First Dean of Liverpool, 1881-1957. Lancaster, England: Carnegie Publishing, 2004. Pp. xii + 292.
4. http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/404/section.aspx/403/the_revd_canon_dr_pete_wilcox_is_to_be_the_next_dean_of_liverpool Liverpool Cathedral – Pete Wilcox is next Dean
5. Web site: Liverpool Cathedral – Installation of the Seventh Dean . 30 August 2012 . 21 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621012930/http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/410/section.aspx/409/choral_evensong999 . dead .