Dean of Peterborough
The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey/cathedral church passed from an abbot to a dean. The current Dean of Peterborough is Chris Dalliston.
List of deans
Early modern
- 1541–1542 Francis Leycester
- 1543–1549 Gerard Carleton
- 1549–1557 James Curthoppe
- 1557–1559 John Boxall
- 1560–1583 William Latymer
- 1583–1589 Richard Fletcher
- 1590–1597 Thomas Nevile
- 1597–1607 John Palmer
- 1607–1612 Richard Clayton
- 1612–1617 George Meriton
- 1617–1622 Henry Beaumont
- 1622–1630 William Piers
- 1630–1639 John Towers
- 1639–1640 Thomas Jackson
- 1640–1660 John Cosin
- 1661–1664 Edward Rainbowe
- 1664–1679 James Duport
- 1679–1689 Simon Patrick
- 1689–1691 Richard Kidder
- 1691–1707 Samuel Freeman
- 1707–1718 White Kennett
- 1718–1721 Richard Reynolds
- 1721–1722 Edward Gee
- 1722–1725 John Mandeville
- 1725–1740 Francis Lockier
- 1740–1744 John Thomas
- 1744–1764 Robert Lamb
- 1764–1791 Charles Tarrant
- 1791–1792 Charles Manners-Sutton
- 1792–1797 Peter Peckard
Late modern
- 1797–1822 Thomas Kipling
- 1822–1830 James Henry Monk
- 1830–1842 Thomas Turton
- 1842–1853 George Butler
- 1853–1878 Augustus Saunders
- 1878–1890 John Perowne
- 1891–1892 Marsham Argles
- 1893–1901 William Ingram
- 1901–1908 William Barlow
- 1908–1928 Arnold Page
- 1928–1942 James Simpson
- 1943–1965 Noel Christopherson
- 1966–1980 Dick Wingfield-Digby
- 1981–1992 Randolph Wise
- 1992–31 March 2006 Michael Bunker
- 2006–2 October 2016 Charles Taylor
- 2 October 2016 – 9 October 2017 Jonathan Baker
- 2017: Tim Sledge
- 9 October 2017 – 20 January 2018 Tim Alban Jones
- 20 January 2018 – present Chris Dalliston