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Resignations and retirements

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19 June 2015

BALDWIN. The Revd Colin Baldwin, Chaplain of the University of Essex, Southend, and of South Essex College, remaining Priest-in-Charge of St Stephen's Prittlewell (Chelmsford): 6 September.

BOWERS. The Revd Rosemary Bowers, house-for-duty Team Vicar, with responsibility for St Nicholas with St John and St Michael, Newchurch, in the Rossendale Middle Valley Team Ministry (Manchester).

COBB. The Revd George Cobb, Chaplaincy Team Leader of the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (St Albans).

DAVIES. The Revd Pamela Davies, Assistant Curate of Berechurch (Chelmsford).

DAVIES. The Revd Peter Davies, Vicar of Audley, Priest-in-Charge of Talke o' the Hill, and Hon. Canon of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield): 2 August.

FOY. The Revd Peter Foy, NS Assistant Curate of Christ Church, Warminster (Salisbury).

HACKETT. The Revd Bryan Hackett, Vicar of Brooklands, Baguley (Manchester).

HOBBS. The Revd Ian Hobbs, Team Rector in the Radipole and Melcombe Regis Team Ministry (Salisbury).

HOLLINGS. The Revd Daphne Hollings, Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Edstaston, Fauls, Prees, Tilstock and Whixall (Lichfield): 31 July.

LANYON JONES. The Revd Keith Lanyon Jones, Priest-in-Charge of St Cleer, and Assistant Curate of St Ive and Pensilva with Quethiock (Truro): 1 September.

LEEKE. The Revd Stephen Leeke, Vicar of St Martin with St Thomas, Cambridge, and Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral (Ely): 30 August.

MOORE-BICK. The Revd Elizabeth Moore-Bick, Team Vicar in the Clarendon Team Ministry, and Chaplain of Salisbury Cathedral School (Salisbury): 31 July.

PARFITT. The Revd Brian Parfitt, Priest-in-Charge of Highnam, Lassington, Rudford, Tibberton and Taynton (Gloucester): 30 June.

PLANT. The Revd Caroline Plant, Assistant Chaplain of Staffordshire University (Lichfield).

ROBERTS. The Revd Diane Roberts, NSM of St Mark's, Salisbury, and Laverstock (Salisbury).

WHITFORD. The Revd Laurence Whitford, Rector of Brandon and Santon Downham with Elveden and Lakenheath (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 31 October.

WHITFORD. The Revd Margaret Whitford, Assistant Curate of Brandon and Santon Downham with Elveden and Lakenheath (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 31 October.

WILLIAMS. The Revd Peter Williams, OLM (Assistant Priest) of Landrake with St Erney and Botus Fleming (Truro): 31 August.

WRIGHT. The Revd Nicholas Wright, Rector of Inkberrow with Cookhill and Kington with Dormston, and Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral (Worcester): 2 August.

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