Dean of Belfast

The Dean of Belfast is the senior official of St Anne's Cathedral in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland and head of the Chapter, its governing body.^[1][2]

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

List of deans of Belfast

• 1894–1899: Henry Stewart O’Hara; first dean of Belfast (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, 1900)
• 1899–1903: Charles Frederick D’Arcy; became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, and subsequently Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally Archbishop of Armagh
• 1903–1911: John Joseph Robinson
• 1911–1919: Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson (afterwards Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1919)
• 1919–1926: Thomas Gibson George Collins (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1926)
• 1926–1932: Henry Robert Brett
• 1932–1945: William Shaw Kerr
• 1945–1956: Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott (afterwards Bishop of Connor, 1956)
• 1956–1970: Cuthbert Peacocke (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1970)
• 1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks
• 1985–2001: Jack Shearer
• 2001–2011: Houston McKelvey^[3]
• 2011–2017: John Mann
• 2018–present: Stephen Forde