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 (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, 1900) 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 (afterwards Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1919) 1919–1926: Thomas Gibson George Collins (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1926) 1926–1932: Henry Robert Brett 1932–1945: William Shaw Kerr 1945–1956: Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott (afterwards Bishop of Connor, 1956) 1956–1970: Cuthbert Peacocke (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1970) 1970–1985: Samuel Bennett Crooks 1985–2001: Jack Shearer 2001–2011: Houston McKelvey 2011–2017: John Mann 2018–present: Stephen Forde References [