Stephen Waine
Stephen Waine | |
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Dean of Chichester | |
Diocese | Diocese of Chichester |
In office | February 2015 – present |
Predecessor | Nicholas Frayling |
Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Dorset (2010–2015) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1984 (deacon) by John Waine (deacon) |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen John Waine May 1959 (age 65) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Parents | John Waine |
Alma mater | University of East Anglia |
Stephen John Waine (born May 1959) is an Anglican priest. Since February 2015, he has been the Dean of Chichester.[1] He had been the Archdeacon of Dorset from 2010 to 2015.[2]
Early life
Waine was born in 1959, son of John Waine, later Bishop of Stafford, of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and of Chelmsford.[3] He studied Economic and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia and graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1980. He then trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge.[4]
Ordained ministry
Waine was made a deacon at Petertide 1984 (1 July) by his father, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral (by letters dimissory from the vacant See of Lichfield).[5] He was ordained a Church of England priest the next year, 1985.[6] He then served his curacy at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton.[7] He was Succentor at St Paul's Cathedral from 1988 to 1993. After this, he was Vicar of St Edward the Confessor Church, Romford. In 2010, he was appointed Archdeacon of Dorset.[1]
In November 2014 it was announced that he would succeed Nicholas Frayling as Dean of Chichester. He took up the post in February 2015:[1] he was instituted on 14 February.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Archdeacon Stephen Waine named as new Dean of Chichester". BBC News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ Salisbury diocese website
- ^ Waine. "Waine, Stephen John". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (1 December 2018 online ed.). A & C Black.
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- ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6334. 6 July 1984. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 June 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ Church details Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Diocese of Chichester – Downing Street announces new Dean of Chichester Cathedral (Accessed 20 November 2014)