Dean of Manchester
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The Dean of Manchester is based in Manchester
, England
and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral
. The current Dean is The Very Reverend Rogers Govender
.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and is the head of the Chapter of Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral is a medieval church on Victoria Street in central Manchester and is the seat of the Bishop of Manchester. The cathedral's official name is The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George in Manchester...
. The current Dean is The Very Reverend Rogers Govender
Rogers Morgan Govender
The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender is the current Dean of Manchester.- Life and career :He was originally from Durban in Natal, and was ordained in 1985. He was Rector of St Matthew's Hayfields in Pietermaritzburg and then of St Thomas's Musgrave Road before emigrating in 2002 to the UK after...
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List of Deans of Manchester
- William Herbert 1840–1847
- George Hull BowersGeorge Hull BowersThe Very Rev George Hull Bowers, DD, was Dean of Manchester in the mid part of the 19th Century. Born in Staffordshire in 1794, he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge and ordained in 1819. He began his ecclesiastical career at Elstow after which he was Rector of St Paul's, Covent Garden...
1847–1872 - Benjamin Morgan CowieBenjamin Morgan CowieBenjamin Morgan Cowie was Dean of Manchester and then Exeter in the last quarter of the 19th Century. Born on 8 June 1816, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and graduated Senior Wrangler in 1839. Ordained in 1841 he was successively Tutor, Lecturer and Fellow at his old college...
1872–1883 - John OakleyJohn Oakley (cleric)The Very Rev John OakleyDD was Dean of Carlisle and then Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th Century. Born in 1834, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1858...
1884–1890 - Edward Craig MaclureEdward Craig MaclureThe Very Rev Edward Craig Maclure , DD, MA was Dean of Manchester in the last decade of the 19th century and the first one of the 20th....
1890–1906 - James Welldon 1906–1918
- William Swayne 1918–1920
- Joseph Gough McCormickJoseph Gough McCormickThe Very Rev Joseph Gough McCormick , DD was Dean of Manchester in the first quarter of the 20th century.Born into an ecclesiastical family in London in 1874, he was educated at Exeter School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1897. He began his career at Great Yarmouth after...
1920–1924 - Hewlett JohnsonHewlett JohnsonThe Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson , was an English clergyman, Dean of Manchester and later Dean of Canterbury, where he acquired his nickname The Red Dean of Canterbury for his unyielding support for the Soviet Union and its allies.-Life:Born in Manchester, the third son of Charles Johnson, a wire...
1924–1931 - Garfield Hodder WilliamsGarfield Hodder WilliamsThe Very Rev Garfield Hodder Williams , OBE, was an eminent Anglican Priest in the second quarter of the 20th century. Born into an eminent publishing family in Bromley on 21 November 1881, he was educated at the City of London School and Barts. Eschewing a medical career he undertook missionary...
1931–1948 - Leonard Wilson 1949–1953
- Herbert Arthur JonesHerbert Arthur JonesThe Very Rev Herbert Arthur Jones was Dean of Manchester in the third quarter of the 20th century.Born in 1887 he was educated at Birmingham University. He was ordained in 1917 and began his career with curacies at St Paul Balsall Heath and St Agatha Sparkbrook. He was then Vicar of All Saints,...
1954–1963 - Alfred JowettAlfred JowettThe Very Rev Alfred Jowett was Dean of Manchester in the last third of the 20th Century.Born on 29 May 1914, educated at High Storrs and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1945, he began his career at St John the Evangelist, Goole...
1964–1983 - Robert Murray WaddingtonRobert Murray WaddingtonThe Very Rev Robert Murray Waddington was Dean of Manchester in the last quarter of the 20th Century. Born in Bognor Regis on 24 October 1927, he was educated at Dulwich College and Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained in 1954. he began his career at St John’s, Bethnal Green...
1984–1993 - Kenneth Joseph RileyKenneth Joseph RileyKenneth Joseph Riley OBE was Dean of Manchester in the last decade of the 20th Century and the first of the 21st. Born on 25 June 1940 he was educated at Aberystwyth University and Linacre College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1965 and began his career as a Curate at Emmanuel Church, Fazakerley...
1993–2005 - Rogers Govender