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The Rev. Winnie Varghese is an American Episcopalian theologian who is currently serving as the Priest for Justice and Reconciliation at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. She previously served as the 13th Rector of St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery and was the Episcopal Chaplain at Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Early life and education
Born in Dallas, Texas to Orthodox Christian parents from Kerala, India, Varghese spent part of her childhood in Kerala, where her family were members of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Varghese studied Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University before going on to study at the Union Theological Seminary, becoming ordained in 1999.

Priesthood
Varghese served as the curate at St. Alban's Westwood, and as chaplain for UCLA, before serving as the Episcopalian chaplain for Columbia University from 2003 until 2009.

Varghese was a candidate to serve as the Episcopalian Bishop of Chicago in 2020. That same year, she was one of three Episcopalian church leaders who urged the church to implement internal and external anti-racist policies in response to the church's marking of Independence Day as a feast day.

Theology
Varghese is openly queer and has written extensively about the relationship between Christianity and sexual orientation in addition to her work around race and gender. This has included contributing articles to The Huffington Post. In 2016, she authored Church Meets World in which she put forward how the Episcopalian Church could better engage with modern day social issues.

Personal life
Varghese is married and lives in New York City.