Dean of Liverpool
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The Dean of Liverpool is based in Liverpool, UK and is head of the Chapter of Liverpool Cathedral
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The deanery is currently vacant following the departure in October 2011 of The Very Reverend Justin Welby
to become Bishop of Durham. The Acting Dean is the Canon Precentor
, the Reverend Canon Myles Davies.
Past Dean, the Very Revd. Dr Edward Patey, described being the Dean of Liverpool as having "the best job in the Church of England".
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral is the Church of England cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool and is the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool but it is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
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The deanery is currently vacant following the departure in October 2011 of The Very Reverend Justin Welby
Justin Welby
Justin Portal Welby became the Bishop of Durham and the fourth most senior cleric in the Church of England on 29 September 2011. He was previously the Dean of Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and education:...
to become Bishop of Durham. The Acting Dean is the Canon Precentor
Precentor
A precentor is a person who helps facilitate worship. The details vary depending on the religion, denomination, and era in question. The Latin derivation is "præcentor", from cantor, meaning "the one who sings before" ....
, the Reverend Canon Myles Davies.
Past Dean, the Very Revd. Dr Edward Patey, described being the Dean of Liverpool as having "the best job in the Church of England".
Past Deans of Liverpool
- 1931-1955: The Very Revd. Dr Frederick William DwellyFrederick William DwellyThe Very Rev Frederick William Dwelly was the inaugural Dean of Liverpool. He was born in 1881 and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1907, he began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Mary Windermere and Cheltenham Parish Church. During the Great War, he was a temporary...
, MA DD - 1956-1963: The Very Revd. Frederick Dillistone
- 1964-1983: The Very Revd. Dr Edward Henry Patey
- 1983-1999: The Very Revd. Derrick Walters
- 2000-2007: The Rt. Revd. Dr Rupert HoareRupert HoareRupert Hoare is a former Dean of Liverpool and Anglican Bishop of Dudley.He was born in Sussex and attended the Dragon School in Oxford before attending Rugby School...
- 2007-2011: The Very Revd. Justin WelbyJustin WelbyJustin Portal Welby became the Bishop of Durham and the fourth most senior cleric in the Church of England on 29 September 2011. He was previously the Dean of Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and education:...