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10 Facts About Stephen Waine

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Stephen John Waine was born on May 1959 and is an Anglican priest.

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Stephen Waine served as the Dean of Chichester from February 2015 until April 2023 and is Dean Emeritus of Chichester.

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Stephen Waine studied economic and social studies at the University of East Anglia and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1980.

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Stephen Waine then trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge.

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Stephen Waine was made a deacon at Petertide 1984 by his father, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

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Stephen Waine was ordained a Church of England priest the next year, 1985.

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Stephen Waine then served his curacy at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton.

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Stephen Waine was Succentor at St Paul's Cathedral from 1988 to 1993.

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Stephen Waine took up the post in February 2015: he was instituted on 14 February.

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Stephen Waine left the Deanery when he was inducted as Vicar of the Piddle Valley, Hilton, Cheselbourne and Melcombe Horsey in the Diocese of Salisbury on 1 April 2023.