Resignations and retirements

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BARBER. The Revd Craig Barber, Chaplain of London Metropolitan University (London).

BRISTOW. The Revd Peter Bristow, Vicar of Bramham (York): 30 June 2017.

GRAY. The Revd Dr Lindsay Gray, house-for-duty Assistant Curate of Seascale and Drigg (Carlisle): 31 December.

GRIFFITHS. The Revd Alan Griffiths, house-for-duty Priest-in-Charge of Barnburgh with Melton on the Hill and Adwick-upon-Dearne (Sheffield).

HODGES. The Revd Christina Hodges, Priest-in-Charge of St John the Evangelist, Sheffield (Sheffield): 27 November.

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