June Osborne

June Osborne DL (born 10 June 1953^[1] in Manchester, England, United Kingdom ^[2]) has been Dean of Salisbury since 1 May 2004,^[3] the first woman to serve as a dean at Salisbury Cathedral and the first at any of England's medieval cathedrals.^[2] She had served as acting dean since the retirement of her predecessor, Derek Watson.^[4] There was speculation that she could become the first female bishop in the Church of England.^[5]

Life

Osborne attended Manchester University, where she studied social sciences. She had begun studying law until she felt "the hand of Heaven" and decided to study for the ministry.^[5] She trained at St John's College, Nottingham and at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. In 1980, she became a deaconess at St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham. She has also served at St Aldate's Church, Oxford and in the Old Ford parishes in London.

Osborne was ordained to the priesthood in 1994, one of the first women to be ordained in England.^[2] There was much discussion at the previous year's Church General Synod as to whether or not to ordain female priests. The Times attributed Osborne's speech at the synod "for swinging the General Synod vote in favour of female priests".^[5]

She moved in the following year to Salisbury, where she served as Canon Treasurer until her appointment as Dean.

In 2006, she was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.^[6]

She is married to Paul Goulding QC, a barrister. They have two children, Megan and Tom.

She is also interested in interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute.^[7]

References

↑ Who's Who 2012 – OSBORNE, June
1 2 3 BBC - Wiltshire - Faith in Wiltshire - Cathedral installs its first woman Dean
↑ Salisbury Cathedral – People at the Cathedral
↑ News Archive - Salisbury Cathedral
1 2 3 Interview: Superior mother - Times Online
↑ London Gazette, Issue 57993 of 26 May 2006, page 7299 online
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Deans of Salisbury

High Medieval	Walter Osbert Robert Serlo Roger Azo Robert of Chichester Henry de Beaumont John of Oxford Jordan Eustace Richard Poore Adam William de Wanda Robert de Hertford Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Simon de Micham

Late Medieval	Peter of Savoy William Rufati Reymund de Fargis Bertrand de Fargis Reynold Orsini James Orsini Robert Braybrooke Thomas Montagu John Chandler Simon Sydenham Thomas Brunce Nicholas Bildeston Adam Moleyns Richard Leyot Gilbert Kymer James Goldwell John Davison Edward Cheyne

Early modern	Thomas Ruthall William Atwater John Longland Cuthbert Tunstall Richard Pace Peter Vannes William Bradbridge Thomas Cole Edmund Freke John Piers John Bridges John Gordon John Williams John Bowle Edmund Mason Richard Baylie Ralph Brideoake Thomas Pierce Robert Woodward Edward Young John Younger John Clarke Thomas Greene Rowney Noel John Ekins

Late modern	Charles Talbot Hugh Pearson Francis Lear Henry Hamilton J. C. Ryle George Boyle Allan Webb William Page Roberts Andrew Burn John Randolph Edward Henderson Henry Robins Robert Moberly Kenneth Haworth Fenton Morley Sydney Evans Hugh Dickinson Derek Watson June Osborne

Diocese of Salisbury

Salisbury Cathedral Sarum Use Bishop's Palace, Salisbury Church House, Salisbury Sonning Bishop's Palace Area scheme (1981–2009)

Office holders	Nick Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury Ed Condry, Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury Karen Gorham, Bishop suffragan of Sherborne AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury Alan Jeans, Archdeacon of Sarum Paul Taylor, Archdeacon of Sherborne Antony MacRow-Wood, Archdeacon of Dorset Sue Groom, Archdeacon of Wilts

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Berkshire (13th century–1836; transferred to Oxford)

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