Dean of Birmingham

The Dean of Birmingham is the senior member of clergy responsible for St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham, England. Before 2000 the post was designated provost, which was the equivalent of a dean but used in the case of pro-cathedrals, such as Birmingham, which had originally been built as parish churches.

List of provosts and deans

Provosts

1931–1937 Hamilton Baynes
1937–1949 Harold Richards
1951–1962 Michael Clarke
1962–1972 George Sinker
1972–1986 Basil Moss
1986–2000 Peter Berry
2000–c. 2002/3^[a] Gordon Mursell (became Dean)

Deans

2002/3–2005 Gordon Mursell (previously Provost)
2006–2009 Robert Wilkes
2010–2017 Catherine Ogle (installed and inducted in September 2010)
30 September 2017 – present Matt Thompson^[3]

Notes

^ Mursell is described as Provost on 22 February 2002^[1] and as Dean on 31 October 2003.^[2]

References

^ "Classified". Church Times. No. 7252. 22 February 2002. p. 21. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Features". Church Times. No. 7339. 31 October 2002. p. 14. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ Birmingham Cathedral — Installation of Matt Thompson as Dean of Birmingham (Accessed 1 September 2017)

Whitaker's Almanack various editions from 1917 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker & Sons

[3] Mursell is described as Provost on 22 February 2002^[1] and as Dean on 31 October 2003.^[2]

[1] "Classified". Church Times. No. 7252. 22 February 2002. p. 21. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via UK Press Online archives.

[2] "Features". Church Times. No. 7339. 31 October 2002. p. 14. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via UK Press Online archives.

[4] Birmingham Cathedral — Installation of Matt Thompson as Dean of Birmingham (Accessed 1 September 2017)

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v t e Diocese of Birmingham
St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham Bishop's Croft, Harborne Diocesan Office, Birmingham
Office holders	Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham Bishop suffragan of Aston (vacant) AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Matt Thompson, Dean of Birmingham Jenny Tomlinson, Archdeacon of Birmingham Phelim O'Hare, Archdeacon of Aston
Historic offices	Provost of Birmingham (1931–2000; see Dean of Birmingham)

v t e Deans in the Church of England
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