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Resignations and retirements

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16 June 2017

GODDARD. The Revd Stuart God­dard, Rector of Hamworthy (Salis­bury): 30 July.

HIBBERT. The Revd Peter Hibbert, Hon. Priest-in-Charge of St Thomas’s, Hyde, with Godley Cum New­­ton Green, and Hon. Canon
of Chester Cathedral (Chester): 31 July.

HOUGHTON. The Revd Ian Houghton, Rural Dean of Mowbray, remaining Rector of Cowersby, Vicar of Osmotherley with Harlsey and Ingleby Arncliffe, of Leake with Over and Nether Silton and Kep­wick, of Felixkirk with Boltby, and of Kirby Knowle (York).

JOYCE. The Revd Penelope Joyce, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Bourne Valley, and of St Fran­­cis’s, Salisbury, with St Law­rence, Strat­ford sub Castle (Salis­bury).

MIER. The Revd Catherine Mier, Vicar of Wellesbourne and Rector
of Walton d’Eiville (Coventry): 30 June.

PERKINS. The Revd Julian Perkins, Chaplain of Sheffield Teaching Hos­­pitals NHS Foundation Trust (Shef­field).

RUSSELL. The Revd Bruce Russell, Team Vicar in the Langley Marish Team Ministry (Oxford).

SPREADBRIDGE. The Revd Paul Spreadbridge, Hon. Assistant Cur­ate (Associate Priest) of the Bos­castle and Tintagel Group (Truro).

TURNER. The Revd Stewart Turner, Priest-in-Charge of Maw­nan, remaining Priest-in-Charge of Constantine (Truro).

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