Dean of Liverpool

The Dean of Liverpool is based in Liverpool and is head of the chapter of Liverpool Cathedral.

Sue Jones was installed as Dean on 5 May 2018.^[1] A former dean, Edward Patey, said that being Dean of Liverpool was "the best job in the Church of England".^[2]

List of deans

1931–1955: Frederick Dwelly^[3]
1956–1963: Frederick Dillistone
1964–1983: Edward Patey
1983–1999: Derrick Walters
2000–2007: Rupert Hoare
2007–2011: Justin Welby (became Bishop of Durham, then Archbishop of Canterbury)
15 September 2012^[4]^[5] – 5 June 2017: Pete Wilcox (became Bishop of Sheffield)
5 May 2018 – present: Sue Jones

^ Liverpool Cathedral — We announce the 8th Dean of Liverpool (Accessed 6 May 2018)
^ BNet.com - Obituary of Derrick Walters - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000508/ai_n14311674
^ PETER KENNERLEY. Frederick William Dwelly: First Dean of Liverpool, 1881-1957. Lancaster, England: Carnegie Publishing, 2004. Pp. xii + 292.
^ Liverpool Cathedral – Pete Wilcox is next Dean Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Liverpool Cathedral – Installation of the Seventh Dean". Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2012.