Education
Osborne attended Manchester University, where she studied social sciences.
Osborne attended Manchester University, where she studied social sciences.
She had served as acting dean since the retirement of her predecessor, Derek Watson. She had begun studying law until she felt "the hand of Heaven" and decided to study for the ministry. She trained at Street John"s College, Nottingham and at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
In 1980, she became a deaconess at Street Martin in the Bulletin Ring, Birmingham.
She has also served at Street 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.
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".
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. 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.