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Appointments

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09 January 2015

BAKER. The Revd Miles Baker, Director of Mission, to be also Hon. Canon of Peterborough Cathedral (Peterborough).

BARTON. The Revd Helen Barton, Vicar of Ulgham and Widdrington (Newcastle), to be Priest-in-Charge of Barlaston (Lichfield).

BETTS. The Revd Alan Betts, Vicar of Bagnall with Endon, to be also Priest-in-Charge of Brown Edge (Lichfield).

BILLSON. The Revd Kevin Billson, Assistant Curate in the Brereton and Rugeley Team Ministry (Lichfield), to be Priest-in-Charge of Blofield with Hemblington (Norwich).

BLOOR. The Revd Terence Bloor, Priest-in-Charge of Basford, and Rural Dean of Newcastle, to be also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield).

BOOKER. The Revd Alison Booker, Vicar of the Coplow Benefice, to be also Warden of Pastoral Assistants (Leicester).

BUCK. The Revd Nicholas Buck, Rector of the Bassingham Group, and Priest-in-Charge of Branston with Nocton and Potterhanworth, and of Metheringham with Blankney and Dunston, to be Vicar of St Giles's, Lincoln, remaining Hon. Canon of Lincoln Cathedral (Lincoln).

COLES. The Revd Alison Coles, Chaplaincy Team Leader of Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust, to be also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield).

COTTON. The Revd Michelle Cotton, Assistant Curate of Weston Favell, to be Priest-in-Charge of St Andrew's, Wellingborough (Peterborough).

CRAWLEY. The Revd Alan Crawley, Priest-in-Charge of Badshot Lea and Hale (Guildford), now NSM.

CRAWLEY. The Revd Dr Lesley Crawley, NSM of Badshot Lea and Hale (Guildford), now Rector.

DEEDES. The Revd Rosemary Deedes, Chaplain of HM Prison Isle of Wight (Portsmouth), to be Anglican Chaplain of Coventry University (Coventry).

DOUGLAS. The Revd Simon Douglas, Assistant Curate in the Tettenhall Regis Team Ministry (Lichfield), to be Team Vicar.

DUCKWORTH. The Revd Annette Duckworth, OLM of Moxley, now OLM in the Darlaston and Moxley Team Ministry (Lichfield).

DYSON. The Revd Debra Dyson, Vicar of Wigginton, to be also Rural Dean of Tamworth (Lichfield).

FOWELL. The Revd Graham Fowell, Prebendary Emeritus of Lichfield Cathedral, to be also Interim Minister of Fenton (Lichfield).

FOX. The Revd Jonathan Fox, formerly Priest-in-Charge of the Revel Benefice (Coventry), to be Rector.

GOLDTHORP. The Revd Ann Goldthorp, Assistant Curate of Harbury and Ladbroke (Coventry), to be Vicar of Deddington, Barford, Clifton and Hempton (Oxford).

GOUGH. The Revd David Gough, Priest-in-Charge of Woodhouse (Sheffield), to be Vicar.

HAMMOND. The Revd David Hammond, Pioneer Missioner, and Vicar of St Saviour's, Nottingham (Southwell & Nottingham), to be Priest-in-Charge of Westwood and of Canley (Coventry).

HAWKINS. The Revd Rachel Hawkins, Assistant Curate of St John's, Long Eaton (Derby), to be Rector of St Peter's, Rushden (Peterborough).

HEADLEY. The Revd Carolyn Headley, formerly Lead Chaplain of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (Portsmouth), to be Chaplain of Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust (Guildford).

HENDERSON SMITH. The Revd Judith Henderson Smith, NS Assistant Curate of Alvaston, and Diocesan Ecumenical Officer, to be NS Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Sawley (Derby).

JAMESON. The Revd Beverley Jameson, Assistant Curate in the Central Telford Team Ministry (Lichfield), to be Team Vicar designate in the Droitwich Spa and Salwarpe and Hindlip with Martin Hussingtree Team Ministry (Worcester).

JONES. The Revd Elizabeth Jones, Vicar of St Lawrence's, Darlaston, and Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of All Saints', Darlaston, and of Moxley, now Team Rector in the Darlaston and Moxley Team Ministry (Lichfield).

KENNEDY. The Revd Ian Kennedy, Priest-in-Charge of Fillongley and Corley (Coventry), to be Vicar.

LAMBERT. The Revd Malcolm Lambert, Team Rector in the Chigwell and Chigwell Row Team Ministry (Chelmsford), to be Priest-in-Charge of Annesley with Newstead (Southwell & Nottingham).

LEACH. The Revd Jeffrey Leach, NSM of St Gregory's, Wednesfield, to be NS Associate Minister, Assistant Chaplain of New Cross Hospital in the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, and Walsall Archdeaconry Disabilities Adviser (Lichfield)

LIEVESLEY. The Revd Joy Lievesley, formerly NSM of Farnham, to be NSM (Associate Minister) of Frimley (Guildford).

LOWE. The Revd Jonathan Lowe, Priest-in-Charge of Steeple Bumpstead and Helions Bumpstead, and of Ridgewell with Ashen, Birdbrook, and Sturmer, to be also Area Dean of Hinckford (Chelmsford).

McINTYRE. The Revd Mark McIntyre, Vicar of St Gabriel's, Fulbrook, Walsall, to be also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield).

MOCKFORD. The Revd Peter Mockford, Vicar of Blurton and Dresden, to be also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield).

NEWSOME. The Revd David Newsome, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, to be also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield).

O'BRIEN. The Revd David O'Brien, Priest-in-Charge of Shelton and Oxon, to be also Chaplain of Uplands Nursing Home, Shrewsbury (Lichfield).

OLLIFF. The Revd Roland Olliff, Senior Chaplain to the Forces (Army), to be Vicar of Crookham (Guildford).

ORTON. The Revd Peter Orton, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of St Aidan and St Paul, Burton, to be also Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of St Modwen's, Burton-upon-Trent (Lichfield).

PEARSON. The Revd Katherine Pearson, Assistant Curate of Brandwood and of Weoley Castle (Birmingham), to be Anglican Chaplain of the University of Warwick (Coventry).

PETTY. The Revd Captain Stuart Petty CA, Senior Chaplain of the York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (York), to be Assistant Chaplain of New Cross Hospital in the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Lichfield).

PRIOR. The Revd Matthew Prior, NS Assistant Curate in the Cove Team Ministry, to be also Adult Discipleship Development Adviser (Guildford).

REEVES. The Revd Karen Reeves, Minister-in-Charge of Stoke Aldermoor Conventional District (Coventry), to be Priest-in-Charge of St Chad's, Moston, and St John's, Ashley Lane, Moston (Manchester).

ROUTLEDGE. The Revd Christopher Routledge, Assistant Curate in the Northfleet and Rosherville Team Ministry (Rochester), to be Vicar of Bradwell and Porthill (Lichfield).

RUSHTON. The Revd Christopher Rushton, OLM of Hartshill, Penkhull and Trent Vale (Lichfield), to be Rector.

SMITH. The Revd Andrew Smith, Assistant Curate of East Dean with Friston and Jevington (Chichester), to be Rector of Fetcham (Guildford).

SNOOK. The Revd Hywel Snook, Parish Development Adviser and Mission Companion, to be Shrewsbury Episcopal Area Christian Discipleship Adviser, remaining Priest-in-Charge of Little Drayton (Lichfield).

STOTE. The Revd Pamela Stote, formerly Hon. Priest-in-Charge of Whitley, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Allesley Park and Whoberley (Coventry).

TUFFNELL. The Revd Nigel Tuffnell, Rector of Redenhall with Scole, to be also Rural Dean of Redenhall (Norwich).

TURNER. The Revd Heather Turner, formerly Team Vicar in the Blyth Valley Team Ministry (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), to be Chaplain of the Shakespeare Hospice, Stratford-upon-Avon (Coven-try).

New archdeacon

THE next Archdeacon of Walsall, in Lichfield diocese, is to be the Revd Dr Susan Weller, Assistant Curate (Interim Minister) of Moxley, and of All Saints', Darlaston, in that diocese, since 2014. Before that, she was Assistant Curate (Interim Minister) in the Wednesfield Team Ministry there. She had held posts in the diocese between 1996 and 2004. 

Archbishop's Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs

THE new Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser for the Church of England, is to be the Revd Mark Poulson, Vicar of St John's, Southall Green, in London diocese, since 2006, and Adviser for Inter Faith Matters in that diocese since 2014.

VAZ. The Revd Stanley Vaz, Assistant Curate of Stretton with Claymills, to be Priest-in-Charge of Rocester and Croxden with Hollington (Lichfield).

VLACH. The Revd Jane Vlach, Assistant Curate of Holy Trinity and St Mary with St Michael, Guildford, to be Vicar of Witley (Guildford).

WARNER. The Revd Terence Warner, formerly NSM of Odd Rode (Chester), to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Brown Edge (Lichfield).

WILTSHIRE. The Revd Robert Wiltshire, formerly Assistant Curate of Edstaston, Fauls, Prees, Tilstock and Whixall, to be Interim Minister of Hodnet (Lichfield).

WRIGHT. The Revd David Wright, Team Rector in the Central Wolverhampton Team Ministry, to be also Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield).

WALES

GREENAWAY-ROBBINS. The Revd Mark Greenaway-Robbins, Rector of St James's, Vancouver (New Westminster, Canada), to be Team Rector in the Eglwysilan and Caerphilly Rectorial Benefice (Llandaff).

LAY APPOINTMENT

HOYES. Siobhan Hoyes to be Chaplain of Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (Sheffield).

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