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The Very Rev Vivienne Faull The Very Rev Vivienne Faull, 57, dean of York Minster
Faull, 57, dean of York Minster, read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and was among the first women to be ordained in the Church of England. She is a former chaplain to Clare College, Cambridge, the first woman to hold such an appointment at either Oxford or Cambridge universities. Faull was among the first batch of 1,000 women to be ordained in the Church of England, and the first woman to be appointed to a cathedral deanery, when she became dean at Leicester in 2000. She is a former chaplain to Clare College, Cambridge, the first woman to hold such an appointment at either Oxford or Cambridge. Brought up on the Wirral on Merseyside, Faull read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Her father was a vet who became a Methodist minister.
The Rev Dr Jane Hedges The Rev Dr Jane Hedges, 57, canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster
Hedges, 57, canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster, has responsibility for welcoming the abbey's millions of visitors and pilgrims every year. She is frequently seen at high-profile services in the abbey, greeting and accompanying senior members of the royal family. Perhaps best known as the first clergywoman to shake hands with Pope Benedict XVI when he attended a prayer service at Westminster Abbey in 2010. Her role involves greeting and accompanying senior member of the royal family at the most high-profile services. In the past she has served as a team rector and rural dean in Honiton, residentiary canon at Portsmouth Cathedral, stewardship adviser in the diocese of Portsmouth, team vicar and hospital chaplain in Southampton and curate in Fareham.
She received widespread coverage when she became the first clergywoman to shake hands with Pope Benedict XVI when he attended a prayer service at the abbey on his visit to Britain in 2010. The Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, 51, chaplain to the House of Commons, and a chaplain to the Queen
The Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin Born and brought up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, she is the first black female chaplain to the Commons, and is known for her straight talking. She is also vicar to two inner-city parishes in east London. After settling in the UK in 1985, she worked in the Midlands after being ordained. She has three grownup children. Hudson-Wilkin has said she has no ambition to become a bishop, saying she would neither seek nor expect the job and is fulfilled in her present roles. She has said she is "deeply uncomfortable" about being widely spoken of as a favourite.
Hudson-Wilkin, 51, who is the first black female chaplain to the House of Commons and a chaplain to the Queen, is known for her straight talking. Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, vicar of Belmont and Pittington, Durham
She was born and brought up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, settling in the UK in 1985. She worked in the Midlands after being ordained and is now vicar to two inner-city parishes in Hackney, east London. Threlfall-Holmes was, reportedly, an atheist who became a Christian while at Cambridge University, after she found herself praying for help to sort-out "a messy situation". She decided to become a vicar months later when she heard a voice telling her to do so while sitting in an empty church. "I fought against it for a good couple of years but in the end I could not do anything else," she told the Times. A mother-of-three and a historian, she has been a prominent campaigner for women bishops. Until recently she was a university chaplain and research fellow at University College, Durham, and last year she was interim principal of Durham University's Ustinov College. An avid user of social media, Threlfall-Holmes compared the Church of England to an abusive husband on her blog this year after last-minute changes to the draft legislation on introducing women bishops. She later withdrew the post.
Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes The Very Rev Dr June Osborne, 59, dean of Salisbury Cathedral
Threlfall-Holmes, vicar of Belmont and Pittington, Durham, is a mother-of-three, a historian and a prominent campaigner for female bishops. Osborne was the first woman to serve as a dean at Salisbury, and the first at any of England's medieval cathedrals. The mother-of-two was among the first 1,500 women to be ordained in the Church of England, in 1994. She had studied social sciences at Manchester University, and had also begun studying law when she decided to study for the ministry. She trained at St John's College, Nottingham, and at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. She became a deaconess at St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, and has also served at St Aldate's Church, Oxford and in the Old Ford parishes in London. Her speech at the Church general synod the year before it voted in favour of female priests was credited by some for swinging the vote in favour. In 2006 she was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Wiltshire.
She was a university chaplain and research fellow at University College, Durham, and was interim principal of Durham University's Ustinov College last year. The Rev Lucy Winkett, 44, rector of St James's Piccadilly, central London
An avid user of social media, Threlfall-Holmes compared the Church of England to an abusive husband on her blog earlier this year after last-minute changes to the draft legislation introducing female bishops. She later removed the post. Before moving to St James's in 2010, Winkett was canon precentor at St Paul's Cathedral, where she survived open opposition when some worshippers refused to receive holy communion from her hand. Trained at the Royal College of Music, she was a professional classical singer. Prior to that she had degrees in history from Cambridge and in theology from Birmingham University. She served her curacy in Ilford, east London, before moving to St Paul's. A regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, Winkett is also an author who has contributed to several books including Why I Am Still an Anglican. She advises Theos, a thinkthank set up in 2006.
She is reportedly a former atheist who became a Christian while at Cambridge University.
The Very Rev Dr June Osborne
Osborne, 59, has been the dean of Salisbury Cathedral since 2004. She was the first woman to serve as a dean at any of England's medieval cathedrals.
A graduate in social sciences from Manchester University, Osborne was among the first women ordained as priests in the Church of England in 1994.
The Rev Lucy Winkett
A former professional singer, Winkett is rector of St James's Piccadilly, in central London, and has degrees in history and theology. She has also studied at the Royal College of Music.
She served her curacy in Ilford, east London, before being made canon precentor at St Paul's Cathedral. She is an author and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot.