The Dean of Liverpool is based in Liverpool and is head of the chapter of Liverpool Cathedral.

Sue Jones was installed as Dean on 5 May 2018.^[1] A former dean, Edward Patey, said that being Dean of Liverpool was "the best job in the Church of England".^[2]

List of deans

• 1931–1955: Frederick Dwelly^[3]
• 1956–1963: Frederick Dillistone
• 1964–1983: Edward Patey
• 1983–1999: Derrick Walters
• 2000–2007: Rupert Hoare
• 2007–2011: Justin Welby (became Bishop of Durham, then Archbishop of Canterbury)
• 15 September 2012^[4][5] – 5 June 2017: Pete Wilcox (became Bishop of Sheffield)
• 5 May 2018 – present: Sue Jones

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