# Dean of Ripon

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Head of the chapter at Ripon Cathedral, England

The western façade of [Ripon Cathedral](/source/Ripon_Cathedral)

The **Dean of Ripon** is a senior cleric in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) [Diocese of Leeds](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds). The dean is the head of the [chapter at Ripon Cathedral](/source/Dean_and_Chapter_of_Ripon) – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the [Diocese of Ripon](/source/Diocese_of_Ripon) and a [minster](/source/Minster_(church)) in the [diocese of York](/source/Diocese_of_York).

## List of deans

Deans of Ripon Minster This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) 1604–1608 Moses Fowler 1608–1624 Anthony Higgin 1624–1634 John Wilson 1635–1645 Thomas Dod 1646–1662 Vacancy – Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1663–1672 John Wilkins 1674–1675 John Neile 1675–1675 Thomas Tully[1] 1675–1686 Thomas Cartwright 1686–1710 Christopher Wyvill 1710–1750 Heneage Dering 1750–1791 Francis Wanley 1791–1828 Darley Waddilove[2] 1828–1836 James Webber Deans of Ripon Cathedral 1836–1847 James Webber 1847–1859 Hon Henry Erskine (son of Lord Erskine) 1859–1860 Thomas Garnier 1860–1868 William Goode 1868–1876 Hugh Boyd M‘Neile 1876–1876 Sydney Turner 1876–1895 William Fremantle (uncle) 1895–1914 Hon William Fremantle (nephew) 1915–1940 Mansfield Owen 1941–1951 Godwin Birchenough 1951–1967 Llewelyn Hughes 1968–1984 Edwin Le Grice 1984–1995 Christopher Campling 1995–2005 John Methuen 2007–2013 Keith Jukes[3] 2014–present John Dobson

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tully, Thomas"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Tully,_Thomas). *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1885–1900.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Waddilove, Robert Darley"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Waddilove,_Robert_Darley). *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1885–1900.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [10 Downing Street – Dean of Ripon](http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909075426/http://www.number10.gov.uk/page10415)

## Sources

- [British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Ripon (Cathedral)](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35879)

v t e Anglican Diocese of Leeds Ripon Cathedral Wakefield Cathedral Bradford Cathedral Hollin House, Leeds Bishop's Lodge, Wakefield Bishopscroft, Bradford Diocesan Office, Leeds Bishop Mount, Ripon Church House, Wakefield Kadugli House, Keighley Leeds Minster Area scheme (2014–present) Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, of Wakefield and of Bradford Office holders Diocesan bishop Bishop of Leeds (vacant) Area bishops Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford and acting Bishop of Leeds Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds) Smitha Prasadam, Bishop of Huddersfield Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon Malcolm Chamberlain, Bishop of Wakefield Other bishops AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Deans John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Andy Bowerman, Dean of Bradford Dean of Wakefield (vacant) Archdeacons Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Bill Braviner, Archdeacon of Halifax Cat Thatcher, Archdeacon of Pontefract James Theodosius, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Predecessor offices diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014) Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond) Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirkstall) Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford) Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield) Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven) Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract) Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax) Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

v t e Deans in the Church of England Province of Canterbury Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester Province of York Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York Royal Deans Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

v t e Deans of Ripon Minster Moses Fowler Anthony Higgin John Wilson Thomas Dod John Wilkins John Neile Thomas Tully Thomas Cartwright Christopher Wyvill Heneage Dering Francis Wanley Darley Waddilove James Webber Cathedral James Webber Hon Henry Erskine Thomas Garnier William Goode Hugh M‘Neile Sydney Turner William Fremantle Hon William Fremantle Mansfield Owen Godwin Birchenough Llewelyn Hughes Edwin Le Grice Christopher Campling John Methuen Keith Jukes John Dobson

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