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Resignations and retirements

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02 September 2016

COLEBROOKE. The Revd Dr Andrew Colebrooke, Rector of Icknield Way Villages (Chelmsford): 30 September.

COOPER. The Revd Jennifer Cooper, OLM of Upper Tas Valley (Norwich).

HARBIDGE. The Ven. Adrian Harbidge, Rector of Seale, Puttenham and Wanborough (Guildford), remaining Archdeacon Emeritus of Bournemouth (Winchester).

HOUSTON. The Revd Maurice Houston, Rector of St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh (Edinburgh).

IRESON. The Revd Philip Ireson, Vicar of Pitsmoor, and Priest-in-Charge of Ellesmere Local Ecumenical Project (Sheffield): 30 November.

JENNINGS. The Revd Robert Jennings, Vicar of Lane End with Cadmore End (Oxford).

LEGG. The Revd Ruth Legg, Vicar of Pill, Portbury and Easton-In-Gordano (Bath & Wells): 31 October.

LONG. The Revd Anthony Long, Rector of Worstead, Westwick, Sloley, Swanton Abbot and Scottow, and Priest-in-Charge of Tunstead with Sco’ Ruston (Norwich): 30 November.

MOUNTFORD. The Revd Brian Mountford, Vicar of St Mary the Virgin with St Cross and St Peter in the East, Oxford, Chaplain of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and Hon. Canon of Christ Church (Oxford).

OWEN. The Revd Christopher Owen, Assistant Curate of Walton-on-Thames (Guildford).

SAXBY. The Revd Martin Saxby, Healthy Churches Development Mentor, and Hon. Canon of Coventry Cathedral (Coventry): 2 January 2017.

SELLER. The Revd Dr Timothy Seller, OLM Assistant Curate of Ewhurst (Guildford): 8 September.

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