Dean of Worcester explained

The Dean of Worcester is the head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in Worcester,^[1] England. The deanery is vacant since the retirement of Peter Atkinson in 2023; Stephen Edwards has been announced as his successor, to be installed in September 2024. The dean lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.^[2]

List of deans

Early modern

• 1541–1544 Henry Holbeach (last prior)
• 1544–1553 John Barlow
• 1553–1557 Philip Hawford
• 1557–1559 Seth Holland
  • 1559–1571 John Pedder 1571–1586 Thomas Wilson
• 1586–1597 Francis Willis
• 1597–1604 Richard Edes
• 1604–1608 James Montague
• 1608–1616 Arthur Lake
• 1616–1627 Joseph Hall
• 1627–1633 William Juxon
• 1633–1636 Roger Maynwaring
• 1636–1646 Christopher Potter
• 1646–1649 Richard Holdsworth
• 1649–1660 No dean during the Interregnum
• 1660–1661 John Oliver
• 1661–1665 Thomas Warmestry
• 1665–1683 William Thomas
• 1683–1691 George Hickes
• 1691–1715 William Talbot
• 1715–1726 Francis Hare
• 1726–1746 James Stillingfleet
• 1746–1751 Edmund Marten

• 1751–1765 John Waugh
• 1765–1769 Richard Wrottesley
• 1769–1778 William Digby
• 1778–1783 Robert Foley
• 1783–1795 St Andrew St John (son of Lord St John of Bletso)

Late modern

• 1795–1817 Arthur Onslow
• 1817–1825 John Jenkinson
• 1825–1828 James Hook
• 1828–1845 George Murray, Bishop of Rochester
• 1845–1874 John Peel
• 1874–1879 Hon Grantham Yorke
• 1879–1886 Lord Alwyne Compton
• 1886–1891 John Gott
• 1891–1908 Robert Forrest
• 1908–1934 William Moore Ede
• 1934–1949 Arthur Davies
• 1949–1957 William Beck
• 1957–1968 Bobby Milburn
• 1969–1974 Eric Kemp
• 1975–1986 Tom Baker
• 1987–1996 Bob Jeffery
• 1996–2006 Peter Marshall
• 2006–2023 Peter Atkinson^{[3] [4]} (retired 25 August 2023)^[5]
• 2023–2024 Stephen Edwards (interim dean)
• 2024 onwards Stephen Edwards (announced; institution scheduled for 15 September 2024)^[6]

Sources

• B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979).

Notes and References

1. http://www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/ Worcester Cathedral
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory|Crockford's on-line]
3. http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page10220 Official notification of appointment
4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/10/17/peter_atkinson_new_dean_feature.shtml Peter Atkinson: New Dean
5. Web site: Worcester Cathedral . The Dean of Worcester Retires After 16 Years . 17 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230831130707/https://www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/media/3044/017-the-dean-of-worcester-retires-after-16-years.pdf . 31 August 2023 . 2 September 2023 .
6. Web site: Diocese of Worcester . New Dean of Worcester Announced . 17 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240620105336/https://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/new-dean-of-worcester-announced.php . 20 June 2024 . 5 August 2024 .