Dean of Ripon · Paulipedia

The Dean of Ripon is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Leeds. The dean is the head of the chapter at Ripon Cathedral – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ripon and a minster in the diocese of York.

List of deans

Deans of Ripon Minster

1604–1608 Moses Fowler^[1]
1608–1624 Anthony Higgin^[2]
1624–1634 John Wilson^[3]
1635–1645 Thomas Dod^[4]
1646–1662 Vacancy – Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland^[5]
1663–1672 John Wilkins^[6]
1674–1675 John Neile^[7]
1675–1675 Thomas Tully^[8]
1675–1686 Thomas Cartwright^[9]
1686–1710 Christopher Wyvill^[10]
1710–1750 Heneage Dering^[11]
1750–1791 Francis Wanley^[12]
1791–1828 Darley Waddilove^[13]
1828–1836 James Webber^[14]

Deans of Ripon Cathedral

1836–1847 James Webber^[15]
1847–1859 Hon Henry Erskine (son of Lord Erskine)^[16]
1859–1860 Thomas Garnier^[17]
1860–1868 William Goode^[18]
1868–1876 Hugh Boyd M‘Neile^[19]
1876–1876 Sydney Turner^[20]
1876–1895 William Fremantle^[20]
1895–1914 Hon William Fremantle (nephew of the above)^[21]^[22]
1915–1940 Mansfield Owen^[23]
1941–1951 Godwin Birchenough^[24]
1951–1967 Llewelyn Hughes^[25]
1968–1984 Edwin Le Grice^[26]
1984–1995 Christopher Campling^[27]
1995–2005 John Methuen^[28]
2007–2013 Keith Jukes^[29]
2014–present John Dobson^[30]

References

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Hallett, Cecil (1901). The cathedral church of Ripon, a short history of the church and a description of its fabric. London: Bell. p. 143. OCLC 1041772072.
Green, S. J. D. (23 September 2004). "Fremantle, William Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53896. His uncle, the Revd William Robert Fremantle (1807–1895), then rector of Claydon, near Swanbourne, and William Henry's predecessor as dean of Ripon, was an important early influence, instilling him with an early evangelicalism and a lifelong love of children and games. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
"Obituary; Dean of Ripon". The Daily Telegraph. No. 26, 654. 7 November 1940. p. 4. OCLC 49632006.
"Ex-Birmingham curate Dean of Ripon". Birmingham Gazette. No. 30, 214. 27 February 1941. p. 6.
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Hadley, John (22 January 2021). "Obituary: The Very Revd Christopher Campling". Church Times. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
"Dean at centre of unholy row dies aged 62". The Yorkshire Post. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
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"Ripon Cathedral's Dean John Dobson installed". BBC News. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2026.

Sources

British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Ripon (Cathedral)
Memorials of the Church of SS. Peter and Wilfrid volume II. Durham: Surtees Society. 1886. OCLC 985726699.