David Leaning

David Leaning is an Anglican priest, who held various offices in the last decades of the 20th century and the early ones of the 21st century.^[1]
He was born on 18 August 1936,^[2] educated at Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1961.^[3] He was Curate of Gainsborough then held incumbencies in Warsop and Kington after which he was Archdeacon of Newark. In 1991 he became Provost of Southwell and, when the job title changed, Dean of Southwell.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Murray Irvine	Provost/ Dean of Southwell 1991–2006	Succeeded by John Arthur Guille

Notes

^ Church Times
^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House,1975 ISBN 0108153674

Provosts and Deans of Southwell

Provosts	William Conybeare • Hugh Heywood • John Pratt • Murray Irvine • David Leaning (became Dean)

Deans	David Leaning (previously Provost) • John Guille

Office holders in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham • The Bishop of Sherwood • The Dean of Southwell • The Archdeacon of Nottingham The Archdeacon of Newark