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Resignations and retirements

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24 February 2017

APPLEBY. The Revd Janet Appleby, Diocesan Ecumenical Officer (New­castle).

BABER. The Revd Helen Baber, Assistant Curate of Stratton St Mar­garet with South Marston and Stan­ton Fitzwarren (Bristol): 25 April.

BATESON. The Revd Tracey Bate­son Bishop’s Missioner in Ospringe Deanery, and Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Ospringe, of the Brents and Davington, and of Faversham (Canterbury): 1 July.

CAMPBELL. The Revd Ian Camp­bell, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associ­ate Priest) of the A20 Benefice (Canterbury): 30 June.

COSTER. The Revd Catherine Coster, Hon. Assistant Curate of Warmley, Syston and Bitton, and Hon. Canon of Bristol Cathedral (Bristol): 30 April.

DICKINSON. The Revd Dyllis Dickinson, Hon. Assistant Curate of Stalmine with Pilling (Blackburn): 23 July.

GIBBS. The Revd Alistair Gibbs, Assistant Curate of St Ebbe with Holy Trinity and St Peter-Le-Bailey, Oxford (Oxford).

GLEN. The Revd Dawn Glen, Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Brailsford with Shirley, Osmaston with Edlaston and Yeaveley, with particular responsibility for Wed­ding Ministry (Derby).

HUTCHINSON. The Revd Peter Hutchinson, Vicar of Valley Park (Winchester): 30 June.

JOHNSON. The Revd Michael Johnson, Vicar of Wroughton, and Hon. Canon of Bristol Cathedral (Bristol): 31 May.

McGIVERN. The Revd Ann McGivern, Hon. Assistant Curate of Balkwell (Newcastle): 14 May.

McINTYRE. The Revd Iris (Eva) McIntyre, Vicar of Stourport-on-Severn and Wilden (Worcester).

MAGUIRE. The Revd Alan Maguire, Hon. Priest-in-Charge of Lowther and Askham and Clifton and Brougham (Carlisle): 30 April.

MARWOOD. The Revd Timothy Marwood, Priest-in-Charge of St John the Divine, Earlsfield, remain­ing Vicar of Petersham, and Hon. Canon of Southwark (South­­wark).

MASON. The Revd Pauline Mason, Vicar of Wrightington (Blackburn): 30 April.

MILNER. The Revd David Milner, Priest-in-Charge of Farndon with Thorpe, Hawton and Cotham, and Area Dean of Newark and Southwell (Southwell & Nottingham): 30 June.

PEARCE. The Revd Robert Pearce, house-for-duty Assistant Curate of Henllan and Llannefydd and Byl­chau, in the Denbigh Mission Area (St Asaph): 4 June.

SIMPSON. The Revd Dr Alan Simpson, Vicar of Cresswell and Lynemouth, and Chaplain of North­umbria Police (Newcastle): 14 May.

TAYLOR. The Revd Kelvin Taylor, Vicar of Kempshott (Winchester): 31 May.

TIDESWELL. The Revd Lynne Tideswell, house-for-duty Priest-in-Charge of Knutton (Lichfield): 7 May.

TOWNSEND. The Revd Philip Townsend, Vicar of St Timothy’s, Crookes (Sheffield): 31 May.

TUCKER. The Revd Richard Tucker, Vicar of St Columba’s, Sut­ton Coldfield, and Diocesan Malawi Partnership Officer (Birmingham): 12 May.

VARGESON. The Revd Peter Var­geson, Vicar of St Leonard’s, Bursledon, and Assistant Curate of St Edward the Confessor with St Mary the Virgin, Hound (Winchester): 9 March, remaining Hon. Canon of Tororo Cathedral (Bukedi, Uganda).

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