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
edit- 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 2018 – present: Sue Jones
References
edit- ^ Liverpool Cathedral — We announce the 8th Dean of Liverpool (Accessed 6 May 2018)
- ^ BNet.com - Obituary of Derrick Walters - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000508/ai_n14311674
- ^ PETER KENNERLEY. Frederick William Dwelly: First Dean of Liverpool, 1881-1957. Lancaster, England: Carnegie Publishing, 2004. Pp. xii + 292.
- ^ Liverpool Cathedral – Pete Wilcox is next Dean Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Liverpool Cathedral – Installation of the Seventh Dean". Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2012.