Dean of Belfast

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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.

List of Deans of Belfast

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 Irvine Peacocke (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1970)

1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks

1985–2001: John Shearer, OBE

2001–2011: Houston McKelvey

2011-present: John Mann

References

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