12th century until the late 19th century. The chapter consists of the Archdeacon of Man ex officio and four canons who are all parochial clergy in the diocese. St German's Cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Sodor and Man, which today consists of only the Isle of Man. In July 2015, Anne, Princess Royal, attended a thanksgiving service at Peel Cathedral as patron of the development campaign; the service also marked the rebranding of Peel Cathedral as "Cathedral Isle of Man". Vicars of German Deans of St German 189515 October 2011: The Bishop of Sodor and Man 15 October 2011present: Nigel Godfrey, Vicar of the West Coast (Dalby, Kirk Michael, Patrick, Peel, and St Johns) since 2012 Chapter As of 30 December 2020: Archdeacon of Man and Vicar of Douglas (St George & All Saints) — vacant Vicar of Douglas (St Ninian's), Diocesan Communications Officer and Canon of St Patrick — John Coldwell (canon since 2016) Vicar of Rushen and Canon of St German — Joe Heaton (canon since 2016) Vicar of Marown and Canon of St Columba — Janice Ward (canon since 2016) Music Bishop Hildesley established a children's choir at his private chapel at Bishopscourt as early as 1755. At the opening of Peel New Church in 1884, Ms ML Wood ARCO was appointed the first organist and directed a large choir. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, first established at Truro Cathedral in 1880, made its first appearance in Peel in 1885. However, the modern Cathedral Choir was re-established in 2012 and includes a mixed boy and girl treble line (aged 7–14 years) drawn from island schools, in addition to a large adult voluntary choir (SATB). Choral services are sung on Sundays and consist of a Choral Eucharist and Choral Evensong. There is a developing programme of choral scholarships for secondary school students. The cathedral has a large two-manual Brindley & Foster organ in the chancel. It is planned that the pipe organ will be rebuilt, re-ordered and significantly enlarged over the next five years, to meet the demands of the cathedral's developing choral programme. Organists and choirmasters 1983 Mike Porter 1986 Bernard Clark 1992 Stephen Dutton 1995 Harvey Easton 2001 Mike Porter Organists and directors of music 2008 Donald Roworth 2012 Peter Litman Organ scholars 2015–2016 Jack Oades 2016–2017 Max Smith 2017–2018 Max Smith 2018–2019 Christopher Beaumont 2019–2020 Harry Sullivan Associate organist