BOLD indicates located in Cathays Cemetery
| 1867 - 1873 | William Adams | (1813-1886) | |
| 1873 - 1874 | Franklin George Evans | (1826-1904) | |
| 1874 - 1875 | John Walter Lukis | (1816-1894) | |
| 1875 - 1876 | William Taylor | (1829-1912) | |
| 1976 - 1877 | John Walter Lukis | (1816-1894) | |
| 1877 - 1878 | Colonel Thomas Picton Turbervill | (1827-1891) | |
| 1878 - 1879 | Henry Heywood | (1842-1909) | C1799 |
| 1879 - 1880 | Louis Tylor | (1837-1905) | |
| 1880 - 1881 | Clement Waldron | (1828-1906) | |
| 1881 - 1882 | George E. Robinson | (1832-1914) | EH1466 |
| 1882 - 1883 | [later Sir] William Galloway | (1840-1927) | EA1394 |
| 1883 - 1884 | Peter Price | (1824-1892) | L1539 |
| 1884 - 1885 | Charles Tanfield Vachell | (1848-1914) | L1549a |
| 1885 - 1886 | Henry Heywood | (1842-1909) | C1799 |
| 1886 - 1887 | Principal John Viriamu Jones | (1856-1901) | Swansea |
| 1887 - 1888 | Thomas Henry Thomas | (1839-1915) | M 1446 |
| 1888 - 1889 | William Rönnfeldt | (1837-1919) | |
| 1889 - 1890 | [later Sir] John Gavey | (1842-1923) | |
| 1891 - 1892 | Charles Tanfield Vachell | (1848-1914) | L1549a |
| 1892 - 1893 | Charles Thomas Whitmell | (1849-1919) | |
| 1893 - 1894 | Edwin Seward | (1853–1924) | |
| 1894 - 1895 | Robert William Atkinson | (1850-1929) | |
| 1895 - 1896 | Reverend Canon Chas James Thompson | (1836-1909) | |
| 1896 - 1897 | Robert Drane | (1833-1914) | |
| 1897 - 1898 | John Tatham Thompson | (1858-1911) | |
| 1898 - 1899 | Charles Tanfield Vachell | (1848-1914) | L1549a |
| 1899 - 1900 | Professor William Newton Parker | (1857-1923) | A2146 |
| 1900 - 1901 | Joshua John Neale | (1854-1919) | Kenton Churchyard |
| 1901 - 1902 | Charles Henry James | (1838-1914) | |
| 1902 - 1903 | Donald Rose Paterson | (1862-1939) | |
| 1903 - 1904 | Thomas William Proger | (1860-1947) | |
| 1904 - 1905 | Phillip Rhys Griffiths | (1857-1920) | |
| 1905 - 1906 | Ernest Howard Griffiths | (1851-1932) | |
| 1906 - 1907 | Professor John Berry Haycraft | (1859-1922) | J1190 |
| 1907 - 1908 | Principal Albert Howard Trow | (1863-1939) | |
| 1908 - 1909 | Archibald Brown | (?-1922) | |
| 1909 - 1910 | Reverend David Davies | (1858-1930) | |
| 1910 - 1911 | Professor William Savage Boulton | (1867-1954) | |
| 1911 - 1912 | Alfred William Sheen | (1869-1945) | |
| 1912 - 1913 | Edgar Philip Perman | (1866-1947) | |
| 1913 - 1914 | John W. Rodger | (1859-1950) | |
| 1914 - 1915 | Howard Mountjoy Hallett | (1878-1958) | |
| 1915 - 1916 | John Grimes | (1859-1947) | |
| 1916 - 1917 | William Evans Hoyle | (1855-1926) | |
| 1917 - 1918 | Joshua John Neale | (1854-1919) | Kenton Churchyard |
| 1918 - 1919 | Harry Edgar Salmon | (1864-1934) | |
| 1920 - 1920 | Principle Albert Howard Trow | (1863-1939) | |
| 1920 - 1921 | Daniel Sibbering-Jones | (1856-1931) | |
| 1921 - 1922 | Gilbert David Shepherd | (1880-1958) | |
| 1922 - 1923 | Thomas Andrews Walker | (1856-1936) | |
| 1923 - 1924 | Professor Arthur Hubert Cox | (1884-1961) | |
| 1924 - 1925 | Donald Rose Paterson | (1862-1939) | |
| 1925 - 1926 | Geoffrey C.S.Ingram | (1883-1971) | |
| 1926 - 1927 | Robert William Atkinson | (1850-1929) | |
| 1927 - 1928 | Thomas William Proger | (1860-1947) | |
| 1928 - 1929 | Frederick John North | (1889-1968) | |
| 1929 - 1930 | Cyril Fox [later Sir] | (1882-1967) | |
| 1930 - 1931 | Walter Medley Tattersall | (1883-1943) | |
| 1931 - 1932 | Archibald H. Lee | (1890-1970) | |
| 1932 - 1933 | W. P. James | (1855-1935) | |
| 1933 - 1934 | Ivor P. Jones | ||
| 1934 - 1935 | Morley Havelock Neale | (?-1965) | |
| 1935 - 1936 | Harold Augustus Hyde | (1892-1973) | |
| 1936 - 1937 | Eleanor Vachell | (1878-1948) | |
| 1937 - 1938 | Principle [later Sir] James Frederick Rees | (1883-1967) | |
| 1938 - 1939 | Frank Bird | (d. 1968/9) | |
| 1939 - 1946 | Victor Earle Nash-Williams | (1897-1955) | H914D |