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Resignations and retirements

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07 April 2017

ADDISON. The Revd David Addi­son, house-for-duty Assistant Cur­ate (Priest) in the Langtree Team Ministry (Oxford).

AMBROSE. The Revd James Am­­brose, Vicar of Heald Green (Chester), and Chaplain of St Ann’s Hospital, Manchester (Manchester): 9 July.

ANDERSON. The Revd Gillian Anderson, Priest-in-Charge of High Laver with Magdalen Laver and Little Laver and Matching (Chelms­ford): 31 July.

ASTON. The Revd John Aston, Vicar of St Peter and St Paul with St Andrew and St Nicholas, Felixstowe (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 31 May.

BARNES. The Revd Robin Barnes, NS Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of Debenham and Helming­ham (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 30 April.

BRYAN. The Revd Sherry Bryan, Rector of of Blisland with Temple, St Breward and Helland, Priest-in-Charge of St Tudy with St Mabyn and Michaelstow, and Hon. Canon of Truro Cathedral (Truro): 30 June.

CANNON. The Revd Tony Cannon, Vicar of St John the Baptist’s, Wok­ing (Guildford): 15 May,

CLEVELAND. The Revd Michael Cleveland, Vicar of St Laurence’s, Foleshill (Coventry): 1 September.

ELLIS. The Revd Richard Ellis, NS Assistant Curate of St Margaret’s, Leiston (St Ed­­mundsbury & Ip­­swich).

FOULGER. The Revd Wendy Foul­ger, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Aston Somerville, in the Winchcombe Team Ministry (Glou­cester): 18 June.

HART. The Revd Dr David Hart, Priest-in-Charge of St John’s, Men­ton, France (Europe): 17 April.

KNIGHT. The Revd Christopher Knight, Vicar of St Mary’s, Leam­ington Priors (Coventry): 1 June.

LE ROSSIGNOL. The Revd Richard Le Rossignol, Vicar of the A20 Benefice, and Assistant Area Dean of Ashford (Canterbury): 12 Sept­ember.

MILLS. The Revd Anthony Mills, Rector of the Holy Family, Fails­worth (Manchester): 31 July.

NEWELL. The Revd Dr Christopher Newell, Hon. Priest-in-Charge of St Goran with Caerhays (Truro): 11 April.

OLANCZUK. The Revd Jonathan Olanczuk, Rector of Upper Alde, and Chaplain to the Suffolk Police (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 30 April.

PENNY. The Revd Stuart Penny, Vicar of St Kentigern’s, Crosthwaite, and Rural Dean of Derwent, (Car­lisle): 2 July.

SHAW. The Revd Roy Shaw, Vicar of North Ainsty: 31 July, remaining Vocations Adviser and York Arch­deaconry Spiritual Director (York).

SPENCER. The Revd Geoffrey Spencer, Priest-in-Charge of the Kelsey Group (Lincoln): 31 May.

STOTT. The Revd Teresa Stott, Vicar of St Luke’s, Skerton (Black­burn): 31 May.

WATTS. The Revd Jonathan Watts, Vicar of St Mary’s, Twyford, and Owslebury and Morestead and Colden Com­mon (Winchester): 18 September.

WILKINSON. The Revd Rosamund Wilkinson, Assistant Curate of the Resurrection, Pera, Istanbul, Turkey (Europe) (correction).

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