Dean of Toronto
The Dean of Toronto is an Anglican dean in the Diocese of Toronto of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, based at the Cathedral Church of St. James in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The incumbent is also Rector of St. James Cathedral.
The incumbents have been:[1]
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1867–1882 | Henry James Grasett (1808–1882) | First Dean of Toronto, and father of Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Grasett. |
| 1882–1937 | No appointment of Dean – duties usually undertaken by Rector. In 1883, the yet-to-be-built Cathedral of St. Alban-the-Martyr became by statute the first legal cathedral of the Diocese of Toronto. The Church of St. James legally became the cathedral in 1935, having been a parish church since the parish's inception in 1797. | |
| 1937–1961 | Charles Edward Riley (1883–1972) | |
| 1961–1973 | Walter Joseph Gilling (1906–1973) | |
| 1974–1986 | Hugh Vernon Stiff (1916–1995) | |
| 1987–1994 | Sheldon Duncan Abraham | |
| 1994–2016 | Douglas Stoute | Husband of the Hon. Mary Lou Benotto of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and brother of horse trainer Sir Michael Stoute. |
| 2016–2018 | Andrew Asbil | Became the 12th Bishop of Toronto in 2019.[2] |
| 2019–2022 | Stephen Vail | Former Archdeacon of Trent-Durham.[3] |
| 2022–present | Peter Wall | Interim Dean of Toronto.[4][5] |
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bishop of Toronto". Anglican Diocese of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Stephen Vail appointed Rector of St. James Cathedral and Dean of Toronto". Cathedral Church of St. James. May 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ^ "Interim Dean Peter Wall, welcome to St. James". Cathedral Church of St. James. October 17, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ^ "Clergy". Cathedral Church of St. James. Retrieved 2022-08-04.