Catherine Ogle
Anglican dean
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Catherine Ogle (born 12 May 1961) is a British retired Anglican priest. From February 2017 to May 2025, she was the Dean of Winchester. She was previously a parish priest in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds and the Diocese of Wakefield, and then the Dean of Birmingham (2010–2017).
Catherine Ogle | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Winchester | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
| In office | February 2017 to May 2025 |
| Previous post | Dean of Birmingham (2010–2017) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1988 (deacon) 1994 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1961 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Early life
Ogle was born on 12 May 1961 in Upminster, London. She is the daughter of Henry Charles Ogle and Josephine Ogle (née Bathard).[1] She was educated at Perse School for Girls, a private school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She studied at the University of Leeds, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Westcott House.[2]
Ordained ministry
She was ordained deacon in 1988, then served as assistant curate at St Mary's Church, Middleton, Leeds[3] from 1988 to 1991.[1] She then worked as a Religious Programmes Editor with BBC Leeds[4] from 1991 to 1995.[1] She was ordained priest in 1994 and served as priest in charge of Woolley with West Bretton[5] from 1995 to 2001.[1] Catherine became Vicar of Huddersfield in 2001. She was also chaplain at the University of Huddersfield[6] from 2003 to 2006 and was made an honorary Canon at Wakefield Cathedral in 2008.[1] In 2010, she was appointed Dean of Birmingham;[7][1] she was instituted at Birmingham Cathedral on 2 September 2010.[8] She was instituted Dean of Winchester on 11 February 2017.[9] The 37th known successive such Dean of the Cathedral, the 22nd was incidentally Newton Ogle who died in 1804. She is the first woman to lead the Cathedral's day-to-day ministry.
In November 2024, Ogle announced that she was to retire, for personal reasons, on 1 May 2025.[10][11] Following a negative bishop's review of the cathedral, she announced on 3 March 2025 that she would be standing aside immediately as dean and that the vice-dean, Canon Roly Riem, would be taking over as interim dean (though she remained officially in post until her scheduled retirement).[12][13]
