Dianna Gwilliams


Dianna Lynn Gwilliams is the current Dean of Guildford.

Background

Gwilliams was born in Colorado and grew up in California.
She was educated at the University of California and King's College London in Youth Ministry and Theological Education. In 1978, she travelled to the UK while she was on tour for a musical called The Witness. She was a sound engineer for 12 years.

Clergy

Gwilliams was ordained deacon in 1992 and priest in 1994. After a curacy at St Saviour, Peckham she became Vicar of Saint Barnabas' Church, Dulwich.
She was appointed Dean of Guildford in 2013 and instituted at Guildford Cathedral on 15 September 2013. She was the first female Dean of Guildford and is one of the most senior female priests in the Church of England.

Personal life

She has three children and her husband is a graphic designer.