Dean of St Paul's explained

The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England. The dean of St Paul's is also ex officio dean of the Order of the British Empire.

The current dean is Andrew Tremlett, who was installed on 25 September 2022.

List of deans

High Medieval

Late Medieval

Early modern

Post-Reformation

NamePortraitTerm of office
Alexander Nowell15601602
John Overall16021614
Valentine Cary16141621
John Donne16211631
Thomas Winniffe16311642
Richard Steward
(not installed)
16421651
Vacancy (English Interregnum)16511660
Matthew Nicholas16601661
John Barwick16611664
William Sancroft16641678
Edward Stillingfleet16781689
John Tillotson16891691
William Sherlock16911707
Henry Godolphin17071726
Francis Hare
(in commendam as Bishop of St Asaph 1727–31,
as Bishop of Chichester from 1731)
17261740
Joseph Butler
(in commendam as Bishop of Bristol)
17401750
Thomas Secker
(in commendam as Bishop of Oxford)
17501758
John Hume
(in commendam as Bishop of Oxford)
17581766
Frederick Cornwallis
(in commendam as Bishop of Lichfield)
17661768
Thomas Newton
(in commendam as Bishop of Bristol)
17681782
Thomas Thurlow
(in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln)
17821787
George Pretyman Tomline
(Pretyman until 1803)
(in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln)
60px17871820
William Van Mildert
(in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff)
18201826
Charles Sumner
(in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff)
18261827
Edward Copleston
(in commendam as Bishop of Llandaff)
18271849
Henry Hart Milman18491868
Henry Longueville Mansel18681871
Richard William Church18711890
Robert Gregory18911911
William Ralph Inge19111934
Walter Matthews19341967
Martin Sullivan19671978
Alan Webster19781988
Eric Evans19881996
John Moses19962006
Graeme Knowles20072011
David Ison20122022
Andrew Tremlett2022incumbent

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