David Leaning (18 August 1936Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 – 28 July 2015) was an eminent Anglican priest.Church Times
Leaning was educated at Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1961.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House,1975 He was a curate in Gainsborough then held incumbencies in Warsop and Kington before becoming the Archdeacon of Newark. In 1991 he became Provost of Southwell and, when the title changed on 19 March 2000, Dean of Southwell.
In retirement he was chaplain to the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Bailgate, Lincoln, before moving to Chichester in his last years.Crockford's Clerical Directory 2014-15 Church House Publishing, 2013
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