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Resignations and retirements

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24 March 2017

ARKELL. The Revd Kevin Arkell, Vicar of St John’s, Newport: 2 April, remaining Vicar of St Thomas’s, Newport (Portsmouth).

BATEMAN. The Revd Nest Bate­man, Hon. Assistant Curate (As­­sociate Minister) of Lichfield Ca­­thedral (Lichfield): 30 April.

BISHOP. The Revd Michael Bishop, Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Radbourne, Sutton On the Hill and Trusley (Derby): 14 September.

CLIFTON-SMITH. The Revd Dr Gregory Clifton-Smith, Hon. Canon and Close Vicar of Winchester Cathedral (Winchester): 31 July.

FAGBEMI. The Revd Dr Olubunmi Fagbemi, (BAME) Dean for the Edmonton Area, remaining Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tottenham (London).

GIBBINS. The Revd Grenville Gibbins, Priest-in-Charge of Blaby (Leicester): 25 June.

LAWTON. The Revd Donald Law­ton, Vicar of High Downs, and Co-Warden of Readers (Canter­bury): 30 June, remaining Canon Emeritus of Christ Church, Cathed­ral, Whitehorse (Yukon, Canada).

LYON. The Revd Christopher Lyon, Chaplain of the Anglican Church in Luxembourg (Europe): 31 March.

PEBERDY. The Revd Alyson Peberdy, Dean of Women’s Minis­try: 31 March, remaining Vicar of St Saviour’s, Brockley Hill, and Arch­deaconry Vocations Adviser (South­wark).

PERRY. The Revd Martyn Perry, Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church with St Luke, Merthyr Tydfil (Llan­daff diocese): 30 September.

SAYERS. The Revd Simon Sayers, Rector of Warblington with Ems­worth, and Hon. Canon of Ports­mouth Cathedral (Portsmouth).

STEPHENS. The Revd Dr Simon Stephens, Priest-in-Charge of St An­­drew’s, Tangier, Morocco: 16 April, remaining Canon Emeritus of the Cathedral Chapter (Europe).

WALKER. The Revd Richard Walker, Vicar of St Nicholas’s, Be­verley, and East Riding Arch­deaconry Training Adviser (Assist­ant Dio­cesan Director of Ordin­ands) (York): 24 July.

WARE. The Revd Judith Ware, Rector of St Matthew with St Mary, Crumpsall (Manchester): 25 June.

WILKINSON. The Revd Rosamund Wilkinson, Assistant Curate of Christ Church, Istanbul, with Moda (Europe).

WOOD. The Revd Kathleen Wood, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St John’s, Newhall (Derby).

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