List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations
The following list of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth gives information regarding the Chief Rabbi of the mainstream majority Orthodox Ashkenazi community of the United Kingdom, and various other Orthodox communities located within the Commonwealth of Nations. The Chief Rabbi's full title is the "Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth".
List
№ | Image | Name | Term | Title | Notes | Reason for termination |
1 | Aaron Hart | 17041756 | Rabbi of the Great Synagogue | Died in office | ||
2 | Hart Lyon | 17581764 | Rabbi of the Great Synagogue | Resigned | ||
3 | Tevele Schiff | 17651766 | Chief Rabbi | Rabbi appointed by the Great Synagogue | ||
4 | Meshullam Solomon | 17651780 | Chief Rabbi | Appointed in opposition by Hambro and the New Synagogues; return to Hamburg confirmed the primacy of David Tevele Schiff | ||
5 | Tevele Schiff | 17801791 | Chief Rabbi | Died in office | ||
17911802 | Post vacant | Post vacant | Post vacant | |||
6 | Solomon Hirschell | 18021842 | Chief Rabbi | Died in office | ||
7 | Nathan Marcus Adler | 18451890 | Chief Rabbi | |||
8 | Hermann Adler | 18911911 | Chief Rabbi | Appointed delegate Chief Rabbi in 1879 due to failing health of his father | ||
9 | Joseph Hertz | 19131946 | Chief Rabbi | Died in office | ||
10 | Israel Brodie | 19481965 | Chief Rabbi | Retired | ||
11 | Immanuel Jakobovits | 19661991 | Chief Rabbi | knighted 1981 life peer 1988 | Retired | |
12 | Jonathan Sacks | 19912013 | Chief Rabbi | knighted 2005 life peer 2009 | Retired | |
13 | Ephraim Mirvis | 2013present | Chief Rabbi | Currently serving |