Dean of Norwich

Norwich cathedral

The Dean of Norwich is the head of the Chapter of Norwich Cathedral in Norwich, England. Jane Hedges was installed as Dean on 21 June 2014.^[1]

List of deans[]

1538–1539 (last prior)
1539–1554 John Salisbury (deprived)
1554–1557 John Christopherson (afterwards Bishop of Chichester, 1557)
1557–1558 John Boxall (also Dean of Windsor, 1557–59 and Dean of Peterborough, 1557–1559) (deprived)
1558–1559 John Harpsfield (also Archdeacon of London, 1554–1559) (deprived)
1560–1573 John Salisbury (restored)
1573–1589 George Gardiner
1589–1601 Thomas Dove (afterwards Bishop of Peterborough, 1601)^[2]
1601–1603 John Jegon (afterwards Bishop of Norwich, 1603)
1603–1614 George Montgomery (afterwards Bishop of Raphoe, 1605)
1614–1628 Edmund Suckling
1628–1654 (deprived – Commonwealth)
1660–1670
1670–1681
1681–1689 John Sharp (afterwards Dean of Canterbury, 1689)^[3]
1689–1702 Henry Fairfax
1702–1714 Humphrey Prideaux
1724–1730 Thomas Cole^[4]
1731–1733 Robert Butts (afterwards Bishop of Norwich, 1733)

Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1861) by George Richmond

^ ^a ^b Norwich Cathedral – Dean Jane Hedges installed Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 1 July 2014)
^ Fincham, Kenneth (September 2004). "Dove, Thomas (1555–1630)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sharp, John". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ 'The city of Norwich, chapter 40: Deans, Vicars-General, or Chancellors, Archdeacons, Commissaries, Officials, and Prebends' > "An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 3, the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part I" Pages 617-671 London, W Miller, 1806
^ The Times – New Dean of Norwich — Canon Beeching appointed
^ The Times – Funeral of the Dean of Norwich
^ Diocese of Norwich – Dean of Norwich to step down in September

v t Diocese of Norwich
Norwich Cathedral
Office holders	Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich Alan Winton, Bishop suffragan of Thetford Jane Steen, Bishop suffragan of Lynn AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough & Rod Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Maidstone Jane Hedges, Dean of Norwich Steven Betts, Archdeacon of Norfolk Karen Hutchinson, Archdeacon of Norwich Ian Bentley, Archdeacon of Lynn
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Ipswich (1899–1909) Archdeacon of Suffolk (12th century–1914; formed Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich) Archdeacon of Sudbury (12th century–1837; transferred to Ely)

v Deans in the Church of England
Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Christ Church (Oxford) Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester
Province of York	Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York
Royal Deans	Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

v t Deans of Norwich
Early modern	John Salisbury John Christopherson John Boxall John Harpsfield John Salisbury George Gardiner Thomas Dove John Jegon George Montgomery Edmund Suckling John Sharp Henry Fairfax Humphrey Prideaux Thomas Cole Robert Butts John Baron Thomas Bullock Edward Townshend Philip Lloyd
Late modern	Joseph Turner George Pellew Meyrick Goulburn William Lefroy Henry Wakefield Henry Beeching John Willink David Cranage Herbert St Barbe Holland Norman Hook Alan Webster David Edwards Paul Burbridge Stephen Platten Graham Smith Jane Hedges