Dean of Gloucester

The Dean of Gloucester is the head (primus inter pares: first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons - the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral - and senior priest of the Diocese of Gloucester. The dean and chapter are based at Gloucester Cathedral. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Gloucester and seat of the Bishop of Gloucester.

The cloisters courtyard at Gloucester Cathedral, July 2010

List of deans

Early modern 1541–1565 William Jennings 1565–1569 John Man 1569–1570 Thomas Cooper 1571–1580 Lawrence Humphrey 1580–1585 Vacancy 1585–1594 Anthony Rudd 1594–1607 Griffith Lewis 1607–1609 Thomas Moreton 1609–1616 Richard Field 1616–1621 William Laud 1621–1624 Richard Senhouse 1624–1631 Thomas Winniffe 1631–1631 George Warburton 1631–1643 Accepted Frewen 1643–1671 William Brough 1671–1673 Thomas Vyner 1673–1681 Robert Frampton 1681–1685 Thomas Marshall 1685–1707 William Jane 1707–1720 Knightly Chetwood

1720–1723 John Waugh 1723–1729 John Frankland 1729–1730 Peter Allix 1730–1758 Daniel Newcombe 1758–1799 Josiah Tucker Late modern 1800–1808 John Luxmoore 1808–1825 John Plumptre 1825–1862 Edward Rice 1862–1884 Henry Law 1885–1885 Edward Bickersteth 1885–?1887 Montagu Butler 1887–1917 Donald Spence (Spence-Jones after 1904)[1] 1917–1938 Henry Gee[2] 1938–1953 Harold Costley-White[2] 1953–1972 Seiriol Evans[2] 1973–1982 Gilbert Thurlow 1983–1996 Kenneth Jennings[3][4] 1997–2010 Nicholas Bury[5] 2011–2022 Stephen Lake[6] (became Bishop of Salisbury) 2023–present Andrew Zihni[7]

Sources

• s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/485
• s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/486
• s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/487
• http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35315#s1