Dean of Waterford explained

The Dean of Waterford in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory in the Church of Ireland is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford.

List of deans of Waterford

• Gilbert: 1212
• William Wace

12–1223 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)^[1]

• Thomas: c.1227
• Philip: 12–1252 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)
• Richard de Haverbergan 1225
• William 1271
• Walter de Fulburn

1281– 1286 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)

• David le Wayles: 1300^[1]
• Nicholas Welifed: 13–1322 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)^[1]
• Richard Hauceys: 1326
• Adam Lok: 13-
• Nicholas Disaard 13-
• Walter Reve: 1351
• Lucas de Londres: 1372
• 1379 Jo. Reder: 1379^[1]
• Walter de Ludlow: 1395^[1]
• William Whyte: 1396^[1]
• John Rede: 1404
• Edward (Edmond) Flemyng: 1421
• Robert Howe: 1426
• Edward (Edmond) Flemyng: 14-(1435)
• Alan Penbroke (Pembroke): 1435
• John Collyn: 1459^[2]
• Noble Holton Hamilton: 1950-1967
• Fergus William Day: 1967-1979 (died 1996)
• John Andrew Brian Mayne: 1980-1984
• John Robert Winder Neill

1984-1986

• William Benjamin Alan Neill: 1986-1997
• Peter Francis Barrett

1998–2003 (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Ossory)

• Trevor Rashleigh Lester

2003–2011

• Maria Patricia Jansson

2011–2021

• Bruce John Hayes: 2022–present^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates and members of ..., Volume 1. 2012-02-09. Cotton. Henry. 1847.
2. Book: Clergy of Waterford, Lismore and Ferns: biographical succession lists . 2008 . Ulster Historical Foundation ; Diocesan Councils . 978-1-903688-76-2 . Cotton . Henry . Belfast : Cashel and Ossory, and Ferns . 231682452 . Rennison . William H. . Knox . Iain . Leslie . James B. . Ulster Historical Foundation . Church of Ireland.
3. Patent Roll 37 Henry VI
   • Thomas Prendergast: 1454
   • Robert Brown (Bronn): 1481
   • Nicholas Whyt: 1500
   • Richard (or Robert) Lombard: 1522–1547
   • Patrick Walsh: 1547–1566 (made Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in 1551, retaining deanery in commendam until 1566)
   • Peter White: 1566–1570 (dispossessed for nonconformity)
   • David Cleere: 1570 – ?
   • John Lane: 1602
   • Richard Boyle

   1603–1620 (also Archdeacon of Limerick and Dean of Tuam and afterwards Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross from 1620)

   • Henry Sutton

   1621

   • Anthony Martin

   1622/3

   • Richard Jones: 1625 (afterwards Dean of Elphin in 1634)
   • Thomas Gray: 1634–1635 (afterwards Dean of Ardfert)
   • James Margetson

   1635–1637 (afterwards Dean of Derry)

   • Edward Parry: 1637/8–1640 (afterwards Dean of Lismore)
   • Gervase Thorp: 1640
   • Thomas Potter:1661/2
   • Thomas Ledisham: 1666
   • Daniel Burston: 1671
   • Arthur Stanhope: 1678 (also Archdeacon of Lismore)
   • Thomas Wallis: 1685–1689 (afterwards Dean of Derry)
   • John Dalton: 1691/2
   • John Eeles: 1697 (also Archdeacon of Lismore)
   • Hugh Bolton

   1722/3–1758

   • Cutts Harman

   1759–1784

   • Christopher Butson

   1784–1804 (afterwards Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh)

   • Hon. William Montgomery Cole

   1804–1804 (d. 1804)

   • Ussher Lee

   1804–1850

   • Thomas Stewart Townsend

   1850 (afterwards Bishop of Meath)

   • Edward Newenham Hoare

   1850–1877

   • John Morgan

   1877–1903

   • Henry Monck Mason Hackett

   1904–1913

   • Maurice William Day

   1913–1916

   • Robert Miller

   1916–1919 (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford)

   • George Samuel Mayers

   1919-1936

   • Leslie Creery Stevenson: 1937-1950^[2]
4. Web site: Installation of Dean Bruce Hayes in Waterford . 7 April 2022 .