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]
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List of deans of Belfast
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ Deans of Belfast since 1904 Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
- ^ Row over cathedral development. BBC News, dated 29 August 2003.
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