Prior of Durham

The Prior of Durham was the head of the Roman Catholic Durham Cathedral Priory, founded c. 1083 with the move of a previous house from Jarrow.

The succession continued until dissolution of the monastery in 1540, when the priory was replaced with a Church of England deanery church.

[1] After the Benedictine monastery was dissolved, the last Prior of Durham, Hugh Whitehead, became the first dean of the cathedral's secular chapter.

[2]

A list of the Bishops, Priors and Deans of Durham as seen on the wall of St. Cuthbert's shrine in Durham Cathedral.