The Dean of Niagara is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Niagara of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, based at Christ's Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario. The incumbent is also Rector of Christ Church.
The incumbents have been:
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Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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1875–1891 | John Gamble Geddes | (1811–1891) 1st Dean of Niagara |
1902–1911 | Stewart Houston | |
1912–1914 | Henry Pryor Almon Abbott | (1881–?) |
1915–1924 | Derwyn Trevor Owen | (1876–1947) (afterwards Bishop of Niagara,1925, Bishop of Toronto, 1932 and Primate of All Canada) |
1925–1932 | Lewis Wilmot Bovell Broughall | (1876–1958) (afterwards Bishop of Niagara,1932) |
1933–1937 | Charles Edward Riley | (1883–1971) Dean of Toronto, 1937–1961 |
1937–1948 | Robert Harold Waterman | (1894–1984) (afterwards Bishop of Nova Scotia,1950) |
1948–1949 | Walter Edward Bagnall | (1903–1984) (afterwards Bishop of Niagara,1949) |
1950–1963 | William Ernest Jackson | |
1963–1973 | Harold Robert Bagnall | (1917–2007) |
1973–1986 | Joachim Carl Fricker | |
1986–1998 | Harry James Dawson | |
1998–2019 | Peter Allan Wall | |
2021–present | Timothy Dobbin |
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