The Dean of Winchester is the head of the Chapter of

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in the city of

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Diocese of Winchester The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. Founded in 676, it is one of the older dioceses in England. It once covered Wessex, many times its present size which is today most of the historic enla ...

. Appointment is by the Crown. The first incumbent was the last

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List of deans

Early modern

*1541–1549 William Kingsmill *1549 Roger Tonge *1549–1554 John Mason ''(layman)'' *1554–1559 Edmund Steward *1559–1565 John Warner *1565–1572 Francis Newton *1573–1580 John Watson *1580–1589

Lawrence Humphrey Lawrence Humphrey (or Laurence Humfrey) DD (1525/7? – 1 February 1589) was an English theologian, who was President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Dean successively of Gloucester and Winchester. Biography Humphrey was born at Newport Pa ...

*1589–1600 Martin Heton *1600–1609 George Abbot *1609–1616 Thomas Morton *1616–1654

John Young John Young may refer to: Academics * John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow * John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Col ...

*1660–1665 Alexander Hyde *1666–1679 William Clarke *1679–1692

Richard Meggot Richard Meggot (died 7 December 1692) was a Canon of Windsor from 1677 to 1692''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Dean of Winchester from 1679 to 1692. Career ...

*1692–1722

John Wickart John Wickart D.D. (d. 29 January 1722) was a Canon of Windsor from 1684 to 1722''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Dean of Winchester from 1693 to 1722. Care ...

*1722–1729

William Trimnel William Trimnel (died 15 April 1729) was a Church of England clergyman who served as Archdeacon of Norwich around 1720 and as Dean of Winchester The Dean of Winchester is the head of the Chapter of Winchester Cathedral in the city of Wincheste ...

*1729–1739 Charles Naylor *1739–1748

Zachary Pearce Zachary Pearce, sometimes known as Zachariah (8 September 1690 – 29 June 1774), was an English Bishop of Bangor and Bishop of Rochester. He was a controversialist and a notable early critical writer defending John Milton, attacking Richard ...

*1748–1760

Thomas Cheyney Sir Thomas Cheney (or Cheyne) KG (c. 1485 – 16 December 1558) of the Blackfriars, City of London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English administrator and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in south-east England from 1 ...

*1760–1769

Jonathan Shipley Jonathan Shipley (1714 – 6 December 1788) was a clergyman who held offices in the Church of England (including Dean of Winchester from 1760 to 1769), who became Bishop of Llandaff from January to September 1769 and Bishop of St Asaph from Sep ...

*1769–1804

Newton Ogle Newton Ogle (1726 – 1804) was a Church of England clergyman and member of the landowning Ogle family. The son of Nathaniel Ogle and Elizabeth Newton, he served as a prebendary of Durham Cathedral and from 1769 to 1804 as Dean of Winchester. His ...

Late modern

*1804–1805 Robert Holmes *1805–1840

Thomas Rennell Thomas Rennell (8 February 1754–31 March 1840) was an English churchman, dean of Winchester Cathedral and Master of the Temple. Life He was born on 8 February 1754 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, where his father, Thomas Rennell (1720–17 ...

*1840–1872 Thomas Garnier *1872–1883 John Bramston *1883–1894

George Kitchin George William Kitchin (7 December 1827 – 13 October 1912) was the first Chancellor of the University of Durham, from the institution of the role in 1908 until his death in 1912. He was also the last Dean of Durham to govern the university. ...

*1894–1902 William Stephens *1903–1919 William Furneaux *1919–1930

Holden Hutton William Holden Hutton (24 May 1860 – 24 October 1930) was a British historian and a priest of the Church of England. He was Dean of Winchester from 1919 to 1930. Biography William Holden Hutton was born in England on 24 May 1860, in Lin ...

*1931–1958

Gordon Selwyn Edward Gordon Selwyn (6 July 1885 – 11 June 1959) was an English Anglican priest and theologian, who served as Warden of Radley College from 1913 to 1919; Rector of Red Hill, near Havant. He was Dean of Winchester from 1931 to 1958. He wrote s ...

*1958–1961

Norman Sykes Norman A.J. Sykes (16 October 1936 – 9 December 2009) was a professional association football, footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County F.C., ...

*1961–1969 Oswin Gibbs-Smith *1969–1986 Michael Stancliffe *1987–1996 Trevor Beeson *1996–2005 Michael Till *2006–2016 James Atwell *2017–present Catherine Ogle

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