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Dean of Belfast
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
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
1919-1926:
Thomas Gibson George Collins
1926-1932:
Henry Robert Brett
1932-1945:
William Shaw Kerr
1945-1956:
Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott
1956-1970:
Cuthbert Peacocke
1970-1985:
Samuel Bennett Crooks
1985-2001:
Jack Shearer
2001-2011:
Houston McKelvey
2011-2017:
John Mann
2018–present:
Stephen Forde
