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13 Facts About Catherine Ogle

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Catherine Ogle was born on 12 May 1961 and is a British Anglican priest.

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Catherine Ogle was previously a parish priest in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds and the Diocese of Wakefield, and then the Dean of Birmingham.

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Catherine Ogle is the daughter of Henry Charles Ogle and Josephine Ogle.

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Catherine Ogle was educated at Perse School for Girls, a private school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

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Catherine Ogle studied at the University of Leeds, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Westcott House.

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Catherine Ogle was ordained deacon in 1988, then served as assistant curate at St Mary's Church, Middleton, Leeds from 1988 to 1991.

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Catherine Ogle then worked as a Religious Programmes Editor with BBC Leeds from 1991 to 1995.

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Catherine Ogle was ordained priest in 1994 and served as priest in charge of Woolley with West Bretton from 1995 to 2001.

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Catherine Ogle was chaplain at the University of Huddersfield from 2003 to 2006 and was made an honorary Canon at Wakefield Cathedral in 2008.

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Catherine Ogle was instituted Dean of Winchester on 11 February 2017.

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The 37th known successive such Dean of the Cathedral, the 22nd was incidentally Newton Ogle who died in 1804.

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Catherine Ogle is the first woman to lead the Cathedral's day-to-day ministry.

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In November 2024, Catherine Ogle announced that she was to retire, for personal reasons, on 1 May 2025.