The Rev. Winnie Varghese was appointed the 12th dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Upper Manhattan in April, making her the first woman to hold this position at the Gothic cathedral, one of the world’s largest.
She now leads the cathedral’s operations in a role comparable to that of a company’s chief executive.
Before joining St. John the Divine, the Rev. Varghese — the daughter of Indian immigrants who was born in Dallas and spent part of her early childhood in India — was rector of St. Luke’s in Atlanta, Ga.; served at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York, as chaplain at Columbia University and University of California, Los Angeles; and as rector of St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery in the East Village. She is also on the board of trustees of Union Theological Seminary, her alma mater.
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