Catherine Ogle

Ogle was born on 12 May 1961 in Upminster, London. She is the daughter of Henry Charles Ogle and Josephine Ogle (née Bathard).[1] She was educated at Perse School for Girls, an independent school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She studied at the University of Leeds, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Westcott House.[2]

She was ordained deacon in 1988, then served as assistant curate at St Mary's Church, Middleton, Leeds[3] from 1988 to 1991.[1] She then worked as a Religious Programmes Editor with BBC Leeds[4] from 1991 to 1995.[1] She was ordained priest in 1994 and served as priest in charge of Woolley with West Bretton[5] from 1995 to 2001.[1] Catherine became Vicar of Huddersfield in 2001. She was also chaplain at the University of Huddersfield[6] from 2003 to 2006 and was made an honorary Canon at Wakefield Cathedral in 2008.[1] In 2010, she was appointed Dean of Birmingham;[7][1] she was instituted at Birmingham Cathedral on 2 September 2010.[8] She was instituted Dean of Winchester on 11 February 2017.[9]