Henry Winter Syle (November 9, 1846 – January 6, 1890) was the first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States.

He attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, St. John's College in Cambridge, England,[3] and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Ordained on October 14, 1883, he became the first deaf clergyman in the United States.

[4][2] He is commemorated along with his teacher, Thomas Gallaudet on August 27 on the Episcopal calendar of saints.

[5] He died on January 6, 1890, and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.