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Dean Catherine has served as Dean of Winchester Cathedral since February 2017.
This special service to say farewell will include prayers, readings and beautiful music. Everyone is welcome.
Service
Sunday 13th April 2025, 3.30pm
Choral Evensong with farewell to The Very Revd Catherine Ogle, Dean of Winchester
On Palm SundayDATE & TIME
Sunday 13th April 2025, 3.30pmLocation
Winchester CathedralPrice
Worship and prayer at Winchester Cathedral is always free of chargeBooking
No booking requiredChristian ministry is always a privilege. Serving as Dean of Winchester has been the greatest honour. I never imagined, when I became one of the first women to be ordained priest in the Church of England back in 1994, that God’s calling would lead hereDean Catherine
During her time as Dean, besides guiding the Cathedral community through the pandemic, Catherine Ogle, 63, as Chair of Chapter has overseen the million-pound organ restoration and established the Cathedral at the cutting edge of livestreaming technology. She has overseen the development of an Estates Masterplan that will direct the conservation and development of the Cathedral and estate for the next 30 years.
I am enormously grateful for the adventure and companionship of the last few years as the Cathedral has faced new challenges, not least those of the Covid years, and the kindness and love that has been shared. Winchester Cathedral has a great future as well as a magnificent heritageDean Catherine
Dean Catherine was previously the Dean of Birmingham, where she was for seven years, and Vicar of Huddersfield in the Diocese of Ripon, and a Vicar in rural parishes in the Diocese of Wakefield.
I hope that my legacy will be that the Cathedral continues to offer a warm welcome and grow in its connections with ever more people from all backgrounds. The Cathedral belongs to us all and is here for everyone, to nurture hearts, minds and spirits and help us to connect with one another and with GodDean Catherine
In 1994 she was one of the first women to be ordained priest in the Church of England following ordination training at Westcott House Cambridge from 1985 – 1988, having previously studied at Leeds University.
Words cannot express the debt of gratitude that so many feel for Dean Catherine’s leadership of Winchester Cathedral. Catherine has carried the Dean’s enormous and complex workload with grace, intelligence, calmness and poise, and with a servant’s heart. She has been an incredibly kind and collaborative colleague on Chapter, while giving us a clear steer, and we shall miss her very much. I thank Bishop Philip for trusting me to be Acting Dean and look forward to continuing to serve this wonderful cathedral and to seeking with others the more settled future we would all hope for.The Reverend Canon Dr Roland Riem