Stephen Waine
Stephen John Waine is an Anglican priest. He served as the Dean of Chichester from February 2015 until April 2023 and is Dean Emeritus of Chichester.
Early life
Waine was born in 1959, son of John Waine, later Bishop of Stafford, Bishop of [St Edmundsbury and Ipswich|of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich] and of Chelmsford. He studied economic and social studies at the University of East Anglia and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980. He then trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge.Ordained ministry
Waine was made a deacon at Petertide 1984 by his father, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. He was ordained a Church of England priest the next year, 1985. He then served his curacy at St [Peter's Collegiate Church|St Peter's Church], Wolverhampton. He was Succentor at St [Paul's Cathedral] from 1988 to 1993. After this, he was Vicar of St [Edward the Confessor Church, Romford|St Edward the Confessor Church], Romford. In 2010, he was appointed Archdeacon of Dorset.In November 2014 it was announced that he would succeed Nicholas Frayling as Dean of Chichester. He took up the post in February 2015: he was instituted on 14 February. He 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.