Dean of Waterford

List of deans of Waterford

Gilbert: 1212

William Wace: 12–1223 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)

Thomas: c.1227

Philip: 12–1252 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)

Richard de Haverbergan 1225

William 1271

Walter de Fulburn: 1281– 1286 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)

David le Wayles: 1300

Nicholas Welifed: 13–1322 (afterwards Bishop of Waterford)

Richard Hauceys: 1326

Adam Lok: 13-

Nicholas Disaard 13-

Walter Reve: 1351

Lucas de Londres: 1372

1379 Jo. Reder: 1379

Walter de Ludlow: 1395

William Whyte: 1396

John Rede: 1404

Edward (Edmond) Flemyng: 1421

Robert Howe: 1426

Edward (Edmond) Flemyng: 14-(1435)

Alan Penbroke (Pembroke): 1435

John Collyn: 1459

Thomas Prendergast: 1454

Robert Brown (Bronn): 1481

Nicholas Whyt: 1500

Richard (or Robert) Lombard: 1522–1547

Patrick Walsh: 1547–1566 (made Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in 1551, retaining deanery in commendam until 1566)

Peter White: 1566–1570 (dispossessed for nonconformity)

David Cleere: 1570 – ?

John Lane: 1602

Richard Boyle: 1603–1620 (also Archdeacon of Limerick and Dean of Tuam and afterwards Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross from 1620)

Henry Sutton: 1621

Anthony Martin: 1622/3

Richard Jones: 1625 (afterwards Dean of Elphin in 1634)

Thomas Gray: 1634–1635 (afterwards Dean of Ardfert)

James Margetson: 1635–1637 (afterwards Dean of Derry)

Edward Parry: 1637/8–1640 (afterwards Dean of Lismore)

Gervase Thorp: 1640

Thomas Potter:1661/2

Thomas Ledisham: 1666

Daniel Burston: 1671

Arthur Stanhope: 1678 (also Archdeacon of Lismore)

Thomas Wallis: 1685–1689 (afterwards Dean of Derry)

John Dalton: 1691/2

John Eeles: 1697 (also Archdeacon of Lismore)

Hugh Bolton: 1722/3–1758

Cutts Harman: 1759–1784

Christopher Butson: 1784–1804 (afterwards Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh)

Hon. William Montgomery Cole: 1804–1804 (d. 1804)

Ussher Lee: 1804–1850

Thomas Stewart Townsend: 1850 (afterwards Bishop of Meath)

Edward Newenham Hoare: 1850–1877

John Morgan: 1877–1903

Henry Monck Mason Hackett: 1904–1913

Maurice William Day: 1913–1916

Robert Miller: 1916–1919 (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Waterford)

George Samuel Mayers: 1919-1936

Leslie Creery Stevenson: 1937-1950

Noble Holton Hamilton: 1950-1967

Fergus William Day: 1967-1979 (died 1996)

John Andrew Brian Mayne: 1980-1984

John Robert Winder Neill: 1984-1986

William Benjamin Alan Neill: 1986-1997

Peter Francis Barrett: 1998–2003 (afterwards Bishop of Cashel and Ossory)

Trevor Rashleigh Lester: 2003–2011

Maria Patricia Jansson: 2011–2021

Bruce John Hayes: 2022–present