Dean of Winchester
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The Dean of Winchester is the head of the Chapter of Winchester Cathedral in the city of Winchester, England, in the Diocese of Winchester.[http://www.winchester.anglican.org/index.php Diocesan web site]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Appointment is by the Crown.British History on Line. The first incumbent was the last Prior, William Kingsmill,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34620 British History on-line] Catherine Ogle was installed in February 2017.[http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/2016/09/02/next-dean-winchester/ Winchester Cathedral — the Next Dean of Winchester] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905060453/http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/2016/09/02/next-dean-winchester/ |date=5 September 2016 }} (Accessed 2 September 2016) Ogle stepped down in March 2025, and the vice-dean of the cathedral, The Reverend Canon Dr Roland Riem, was appointed interim dean of Winchester Cathedral.{{cite web |title=Press Statement: Winchester Cathedral Review |url=https://winchester.anglican.org/press-statement-winchester-cathedral-review/ |website=Diocese of Winchester |access-date=12 March 2025 |date=3 March 2025}}
List of deans
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=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
- 1589–1600 Martin Heton
- 1600–1609 George Abbot
- 1609–1616 Thomas Morton
- 1616–1654 John Young
- 1660–1665 Alexander Hyde
- 1666–1679 William Clarke
- 1679–1692 Richard Meggot
- 1692–1722 John Wickart
- 1722–1729 William Trimnel
- 1729–1739 Charles Naylor
- 1739–1748 Zachary Pearce
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- 1748–1760 Thomas Cheyney
- 1760–1769 Jonathan Shipley
- 1769–1804 Newton Ogle
=Late modern=
- 1804–1805 Robert Holmes
- 1805–1840 Thomas Rennell
- 1840–1872 Thomas Garnier
- 1872–1883 John Bramston
- 1883–1894 George Kitchin
- 1894–1902 William Stephens
- 1903–1919 William Furneaux
- 1919–1930 Holden Hutton
- 1931–1958 Gordon Selwyn
- 1958–1961 Norman Sykes
- 1961–1969 Oswin Gibbs-Smith
- 1969–1986 Michael Stancliffe
- 1987–1996 Trevor Beeson
- 1996–2005 Michael Till
- 2006–2016 James Atwell
- 2017–2025 Catherine Ogle
- 2025– Roly Riem (interim dean)
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References
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