Dean of Ripon
Introduction The western façade of Ripon CathedralThe '''Dean of Ripon''' is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Leeds. The dean is the head of the chapter at Ripon Cathedral – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ripon and a minster in the diocese of York.
List of deans ===Deans of Ripon Minster===*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*1675–1686 Thomas Cartwright*1686–1710 Christopher Wyvill*1710–1750 Heneage Dering*1750–1791 Francis Wanley*1791–1828 Darley Waddilove*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*2014–present John Dobson
References
Sources * British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Ripon (Cathedral)