| Type: | priest |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Very Reverend |
| James Atwell | |
| Dean of Winchester | |
| Church: | Church of England |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Winchester |
| Term: | 2006–2016 |
| Predecessor: | Michael Till |
| Successor: | Catherine Ogle |
| Other Post: | Dean of St Edmundsbury (1995–2006; Provost until 2000) |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Calne, Wiltshire, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Alma Mater: | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Spouse: | Lorna Atwell |
James Edgar Atwell (3 June 1946 – 12 December 2020) was an English priest who was Dean of Winchester.[1]
James Edgar Atwell was born on 2 June 1946.[2] He was educated at Dauntsey's and Exeter College, Oxford. He went to theological college at Cuddesdon and was ordained in 1971. He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich[3] after which he was curate at Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge and Chaplain at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) and a Bachelor of Divinity (BD).
From Cambridge he became Vicar of St Lawrence, Towcester[4] [5] and then Provost of St Edmundsbury Cathedral[6] before becoming (automatically, due to the Cathedrals Measure) Dean of St Edmundsbury on 19 November 2000. Having received Letters Patent from Elizabeth II,[7] he was installed in Winchester Cathedral at a service on Lady day, 25 March 2006.[8]
On 12 February 2016, it was announced that Atwell was to retire as Dean of Winchester[9] effective 14 July.[10]
Atwell died on 12 December 2020, at the age of 74.[11]