Administratively these departments report to the Pepys Librarian (from the retirement of Dr Hyam onwards).
Chaplains and Deans since 1900
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Joseph Robinson, 1901 - 1919
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Francis H. H. Clark, 1919 - 1951 (Dean from 1924; intermitted during war 1940 - 1946)
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George K. Tibbatts, 1940 - 1946 (later Chaplain of Sidney Sussex College)
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C. A. (Tony) Pierce [M], 1951 - 1956 (later Warden of Wallaston Theological College, Perth)
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Simon Barrington Ward [M], 1956 - 1960
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E. Ryder W. Whalley, 1960 - 1963
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Simon Barrington Ward [M], Dean 1963 - 1969
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W. Geoffrey B. Holland [M], 1969 - 1973
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C. (Kitt) J. F. Scott [M], 1973 - 1979
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Phillip J. Seddon, 1979 - 1985
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Dr Christopher D. Hancock, 1985 - 1988
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Dr David M. Hoyle, 1988 - Dean 1995 (Dean of Bristol and of Westminster)
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Dr Hueston E. Finlay, 1995 - Dean 2004 (later Warden of St George's House, Windsor)
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Dr James T. Rigney, 2005 - 2009 (later Dean of Newcastle, NSW)
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Philip P. Hobday, 2009 - Dean 2015 (later PhD, Sub-Dean of Wakefield)
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Nick J. Widdows, 2015 - 2018
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Sarah Adkins [M], 2018 - present
[M] = matriculated at Magdalene College
Six Chaplains have been promoted to Dean of Chapel.
Starting with Hoyle in 1988, Chaplains have been Fellows. Before that only Clark and Barrington Ward were Fellows because they were Deans.