Dean of Waterford

The Dean of Waterford in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory in the Church of Ireland is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford.

The incumbent is Maria Jannson

List of Deans of Waterford

Waterford Cathedral

• ?–1223 William Wace (afterwards Bishop of Waterford 1223) [1]
• ?–1252 Philip (afterwards Bishop of Waterford 1252) [1]
• ?–1286 Walter de Fulburn (afterwards Bishop of Waterford 1286) [1]
• 1308 David le Waleys [1]
• ?–1323 Nicholas Welifed (afterwards Bishop of Waterford 1323) [1]
• 1365 Walter la Reve [1]
• 1372 Lucas de Londres [1]
• 1379 Jo. Reder [1]
• 1395 Walter de Ludlow [1]
• 1396 William Whyte [1]
• 1481 Robert Bron or Brown [1]
• 1522–1547 Robert Lombard [1]
• 1547–1566 Patrick Walsh (made Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 1551, retaining deanery in commendam until 1566) [1]
• 1566–1570 Peter White (dispossessed for nonconformity) [1]
• 1570–? David Cleere [1]
• 1603–1620 Richard Boyle (also Archdeacon of Limerick and Dean of Tuam and afterwards Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1620) [1]
• 1621 Henry Sutton [1]
• 1622/3 Anthony Martin [1]
• 1625 Richard Jones [1] (afterwards Dean of Elphin, 1634)
• 1634–1635 Thomas Gray (afterwards Dean of Ardfert [1]
• 1635–1637 James Margetson (afterwards Dean of Derry) [1]
• 1637/8–1640 Edward Parry (afterwards Dean of Lismore) [1]
• 1640 Gervase Thorpe [1]
• 1661/2 Thomas Potter [1]
• 1666 Thomas Ledisham [1]
• 1671 Daniel Burston [1]
• 1678 Arthur Stanhope (also Archdeacon of Lismore) [1]
• 1685–1689 Thomas Wallis [1] (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1690/1)
• 1691/2 John Dalton [1]
• 1697 John Eeles (also Archdeacon of Lismore) [1]
• 1722/3–1758 Hugh Bolton [1]
• 1759–1784 Cutts Harman [1]
• 1784–1804 Christopher Butson (afterwards Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1804) [1]
• 1804–1804 William Cole (died 1804) [1]
• 1804–1850 Ussher Lee [1]
• 1850 Thomas Townsend (afterwards Bishop of Meath 1850) [1]
• 1850–1877 Edward Hoare [1]
• 1877–1903 John Morgan [1]
• 1904–1913 Henry Hackett [1]
• 1913–1916 Maurice Day [1]
• 1916–1919 Robert Miller (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford 1919)[1]
• 1919 George Mayers [1]
• c.1968 Fergus William Day (died 1996)
• retired 1973 Charles Wolfe [2]Wolfe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1939. He served at Kinsale (curacy); Berehaven, Fermoy and Drumcannon (incumbencies); and Waterford (Archdeacon) prior to his appointment to the deanery.
• 1998–2002 Peter Barrett (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Ossory 2002}
• 2003–2011 Trevor R. Lester
• 2011–present Maria Jannson
• Next in line Rachel Power

References

1. Cotton, Henry (1847). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates and members of ..., Volume 1. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 p 307:London, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X