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Appointments

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03 February 2017

BALE. The Revd Dr Simon Bale, As­­sistant Curate of Highbridge, to be Vicar of St Francis’s, Bridgwater, remaining Diocesan Interfaith Ad­­viser (Bath & Wells).

BOSWELL. The Revd Colin Bos­well, house-for-duty Assistant Cur­ate (Assistant Priest) of Holy Trinity and St Augustine, Sydenham, Chap­lain of St Dunstan’s School, Catford, and Hon. Canon of Southwark Cathedral, now also Assistant Area Dean of West Lewisham (South­wark).

BRADING. The Revd Christopher Brading, Assistant Curate of Swin­ton (Sheffield), to be Vicar of St Richard’s, Haywards Heath (Chi­chester).

BROOKS. The Revd Dr Michael Brooks, Assistant Area Dean of West Lewisham, now Area Dean, re­­maining NSM of Holy Trinity with St Augustine, Sydenham (South­­wark).

BUTTON. The Revd Daniel Button, Head of Theology and Director of Teaching and Learning of Redcliffe College, Gloucester, now also Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Churchdown and Innsworth (Gloucester).

BULLEN. The Revd Jacqueline Bullen, Assistant Curate in the Fosse Team Ministry (Leicester), to be Vicar of Longthorpe (Peter­borough).

CRAVEN. The Revd David Craven, Rector of Holme Eden and Wetheral with Warwick (Carlisle), to be Rec­tor of Rufford and Tarleton (Black­burn).

CUTHBERTSON. The Revd Am­­anda Cuthbertson, Vicar of St Mark’s, Wellingborough, and Pre­bendary of Peterborough Cathedral, now also Bishop’s Adviser for Heal­ing Ministry (Peterborough).

DAWSON. The Revd Timothy Dawson, Assistant Curate in New­port deanery (Oxford), to be Vicar of All Saints’, Kettering (Peter­borough).

EVANS. The Revd Sarah Evans, NSM of By Brook, to be NS Minor Canon and Chaplain of Bristol Cathedral (Bristol).

GEDGE. The Revd Richard Gedge, Assistant Curate of Much Woolton, now Assistant Curate (Interim Min­ister) in the Halewood and Hunts Cross Team Ministry (Liver­pool).

HUTCHINGS. The Revd Thomas Hutchings, Assistant Curate of Sileby, Cossington and Seagrave (Leicester), to be Assistant Curate of Holy Sepulchre with St Andrew the Great, Cambridge (Associate Vicar for Families of St Andrew the Great) (Ely).

HURST. The Revd Brian Hurst, Vicar of Bamburgh, and of Elling­ham, and Area Dean of Bamburgh and Glendale, to be Vicar of St George and St Hilda, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, remaining Hon. Canon of Newcastle Cathedral (Newcastle).

JEFFERSON. The Revd Charles Jef­ferson, Rector of Chenderit (Peter­borough), to be Vicar of Balder­stone, Mellor and Samlesbury (Black­­­burn).

MARSH. The Revd Steven Marsh, Assistant Curate of Crofton (Ports­mouth), to be Team Vicar (Pioneer Minister of the Good Shepherd, Sandhills, with pastoral responsibil­ity for Billington) in the Ouzel Valley Team Ministry (St Albans).

MAWDITT. The Revd Stephen Mawditt, Minister of the Fountain of Life, Ashill, now Senior Minister of the Fountain of Life and the Fountain Network (Norwich).

MUTIKANI. The Revd Martha Mutikani, Hon. Assistant Curate of St Luke’s, Reigate, to be Hon. Assist­ant Curate of South Beddington and Roundshaw (Southwark).

PETHERAM. The Revd Louise Petheram, formerly Hon. Assistant Curate of Upper Soar (Leicester), to be Interim part-time Priest-in-Charge of Youlgreave, Middleton, Stanton-In-Peak and Birchover (Derby).

REES. The Revd John Rees, Pro­vincial Registrar, and Hon. Pro­vin­cial Canon of Canterbury Cathed­ral (Canterbury), and Joint Diocesan Registrar, to be also Hon. Canon of Christ Church, Oxford (Oxford), remain­ing Legal Adviser to the Anglican Consultative Council.

SHAKESPEARE. The Revd James Shakespeare, Team Vicar in the Market Harborough — Little Bow­den with Lubenham and Great Bowden Team Ministry, Co-­convener of the Welland Mis­sion Partnership, and Interim Bishop’s Chaplain (Leicester), to be Priest-in-Charge of St John’s, Cherry Hinton (Ely).

SUMMERS. The Revd Alexander Summers, Area Dean of Waltham Forest, to be Barking Episcopal Area Assistant Continuing Mission De­­velopment Adviser, remaining Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Walthamstow, and Hon. Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral (Chelms­ford).

TAYLOR. The Revd Neil Taylor, Assistant Curate in the Chigwell and Chigwell Row Team Ministry, to be Assistant Curate of Chipping Ongar with Shelley (Chelmsford).

WHITING. The Revd Stephen Whiting, Team Vicar in the Leverhulme Team Ministry (Man­chester), to be Priest-in-Charge of the Forest of Galtres (York).

WILKINSON. The Revd Paul Wilkinson, OLM Assistant Curate of the Fountain of Life, Ashill, now Associate Minister of the Fountain of Life and the Fountain Network (Norwich).

WOODALL. The Revd Rosemary Woodall, Vicar of Bisley, Chalford, France Lynch, and Oakridge, and Bussage with Eastcombe (Glou­cester), to be Bishop’s Chaplain, and Chaplain to the new Leicester mon­astic community (Leicester).

WALES

DOWLAND-OWEN. The Revd Ed­­ward Dowland-Owen, Team Vicar in the Cowbridge Rectorial Benefice, to be Priest-in-Charge of Margam (Llandaff).

 

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(By the Bishop of Stepney in St Peter’s, De Beauvoir Town, on 6 September): Jennifer Walpole.

(By the Bishop of Willesden in St Mary the Virgin, Harmondsworth, on 27 November): Princess Christian-Iwuagwu.

 

LAY APPOINTMENTS

PROVOST. Paul Provost, Sub-Organist of Guildford Cathedral (Guildford), to be Rector Chori of Southwell Cathedral (Southwell & Nottingham).

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