List of Deans of St David's
Before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries. Since 1840 the title "Dean" has been appended to that of Precentor, hence the Dean of St David's formally being "Dean and Precentor" and his seat being upon what is normally regarded in most places as on 'Cantoris' side, with a stall 'in quire' reserved for the Bishop.
- 1839–1878 Llewelyn Llewellin (assumed title of Dean in 1840)
- 1878–1895 James Allen
- 1895–1897 Evan Owen Phillips
- 1897–1903 David Howell
- 1904–1918 James Allan Smith
- 1919–1930 William Williams
- 1931–1940 David Watcyn Morgan
- 1940–1949 Albert William Parry
- 1950–1957 Carlyle Witton-Davies (afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford, 1957)
- 1957–1972 Thomas Edward Jenkins
- 1972–1984 Lawrence Bowen
- 1984–1990 Alexander Gordon MacWilliam
- 1990–1994 Bertie Lewis
- 1994–2008 John Wyn Evans (afterwards Bishop of St David's,
- 2009–present David Jonathan Rees Lean
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