Dean of Cashel

The Dean of Cashel is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock, Cashel, one of the Church of Ireland cathedrals of the united Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.

The Deanery is vacant.

It is not known when the Chapter of Cashel was established, but in 1224 Pope Honorius III confirmed twelve Canons and a Dean in the historic cathedral of St Patrick, located at the Rock of Cashel., The Province of Munster, p. 32. For centuries the Chapter consisted of five dignitaries and six prebendaries, the Archbishop of Cashel being one, holding the prebend of Glankeen as parcel of his see. The prebend of Crohane was united to the archdeaconry of Cashel for more than 200 years.

Following the Reformation, the Church of Ireland retained the cathedral until it was closed for worship in 1721. Meanwhile, the old parish Church of St John in Cashel was removed and the present Georgian Cathedral completed in 1784.

The most recent dean, the Very Reverend Gerald G. Field, was instituted and installed in February 2014.

List of deans of Cashel

Pre-Reformation : Thomas., The Province of Munster, p. 33. before 1237–1238: David mac Cellaig Ó Gilla Pátraic, O.P. (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne, then Archbishop of Cashel)., The Province of Munster, pp. 33–34., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 342., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 290. unknown–1253: David Mac Cerbaill, O.Cist. (afterwards Archbishop of Cashel); died 1289., The Province of Munster, p. 34. 1254–unknown: Thaddeus O'Brien. 1260–unknown: Keran, or Kyran. 1267–unknown: Roland. –1276: David. : Antonius. 1302-1306: Philip Broder. 1346–unknown: Richard Fitzjohn. 1402–1412: Richard Barry. 1429–1437: David O'Dwyer. 1452–unknown: Cornelius. 1467–1485: John Hedian or O'Hedian. unknown–1558: Peter Butler.

Post-Reformation 1558/9–unknown: William Stapleton., The Province of Munster, pp. 34–35. unknown–1583/4: John McCody, The Province of Munster, p. 35. 1583/84–1605: Robert Coman 1605–1606: Dermot O'Meara (resigned) 1606–1607: John Todd (afterwards Bishop of Down and Connor and Bishop of Dromore)., Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 388, 390., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 401, 403. 1608–1633: Lewis Jones (also Dean of Ardagh and afterwards Bishop of Killaloe)., The Province of Munster, pp. 35–36., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 397., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 418. 1633–1638: William Chappell (afterwards Bishop of Cork and Ross)., The Province of Munster, p. 36., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 386., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 415. 1638/9–unknown: Richard Howlett 1660/1–1670/1: Essex Digby (afterwards Bishop of Dromore). 1671–1675: Caesar Williamson, The Province of Munster, pp. 36–37. 1676–1693/4: John Glandie, The Province of Munster, p. 37. 1693/4-1706: Henry Price 1706–1713: William Mullart 1714–1736: John Wetherby 1736–1758: William Gore (afterwards Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh)., The Province of Munster, p. 38., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 384., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 434. 1758–1769: Thomas Paul 1769–1787: John Jebb 1787–1829: Joseph Palmer 1829–1856: Samuel Adams 1857–1861: Ogle William Moore (afterwards Dean of Clogher, 1862), Supplement, p. 1. 1862–1873: John Cotter MacDonnell (later Canon Residentiary of Peterborough, 1883–1902), Supplement, p. 2. 1873–1878: William Pakenham Walsh (afterwards Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, 1878), Handbook of British Chronology, p. 404., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 430. 1878–1890: Arthur Henry Leech 1890–1908: George Purcell White 1908–1913: Maurice William Day (afterwards Dean of Waterford, 1913) 1913–1916: Robert Jones Sylvester Devenish 1916–1924: William Chadwick BourchierCrockford's Clerical Directory, 1923, p. 157. 1924–1946: Joseph Talbot. 1946–1960: Robert Wyse Jackson (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe)., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 401., A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 421. 1961–1973: Charles Wolfe 1973–1983: David George Alexander Clarke (Prebendary of Newcastle, St Patrick's Dublin 1965–1989). 1984–1994: Gerald Mark David Woodworth 1995–2013: Philip John Knowles 2014–2021: Gerald G. Field

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