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Resignations and retirements

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07 July 2017

AMEY. The Revd Phillip Amey, Priest-in-Charge of the Holy Spirit, Southsea, and Assistant Curate of Milton (Portsmouth): 1 September.

ASHLEY. The Revd Clive Ashley, Priest-in-Charge of Danbury, and of Little Baddow (Chelmsford): 2 Oc­­to­­ber.

BAKER. The Revd Robert Baker, Rector of Pakefield, and Hon. Canon of Norwich Cathedral (Nor­wich): 30 September.

CLARINGBULL. The Revd Faith Claringbull, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, Dean of Women’s Min­istry, and Hon. Canon of Birming­ham Cathedral (Birmingham): 30 September, becoming Hon. Canon Emeritus.

DENNISON. The Revd Philip Den­nison, Vicar of Shevington (Black­burn): 30 September.

FIRTH. The Revd Matthew Firth, Chaplain of the University of Cum­bria, and 18-30 Pioneer Minister (Carlisle): 31 July.

FORESHEW-CAIN. The Revd An­­drew Foreshew-Cain, Vicar of St Mary with All Souls, Kilburn Priory Road, and St James’s, Hampstead (London): 4 September.

FOSTER. The Revd Joan Foster, Vicar of St Alban’s, North Harrow (London).

GEMMELL. The Revd Ian Gemmell, house-for-duty Assistant Curate of Foxton with Gumley and Laughton (Leicester): 30 September.

HACK. The Revd Arthur Hack, Priest-in-Charge of Calton, Caul­don, Grindon, Waterfall and Blore Ray with Okeover (Lichfield): 3 Sep­­tember.

LITTLEWOOD. The Revd Pen­elope Littlewood, Priest-in-Charge of Stretton Sugwas, of Pipe-cum-Lyde and Moreton-on-Lugg, and of Burghill (Hereford): 31 October.

MALKINSON. The Revd Christo­pher Malkinson, Rector of Padstow, St Merryn and St Issey with St Petroc Minor, and Hon. Canon of Truro Cathedral (Truro): 31 October.

MASON. The Revd Andrew Mason, Team Vicar in the Kingswood Team Ministry (Bristol): 1 October.

MITTON. The Revd Michael Mit­ton, Diocesan Fresh Expressions Officer: 1 October, remaining Hon. Priest-in-Charge of St Paul’s, Derby, and Hon. Canon of Derby Cathedral (Derby).

OSBOURNE. The Revd Steven Os­­bourne, Vicar of Caverswall and West­­on Coyney with Dilhorne (Lich­­field): 6 August.

PASHLEY. The Revd Howard Pash­ley, OLM of Sandwich and Worth (Canterbury).

RICHARDS. The Revd Mischa Richards, Assistant Curate of St Martin with St Wilfrid and St Alban, Brighton (Chichester).

ROWE. The Revd Joan Rowe, Rec­tor of Westbury, Worthen and Yockle­­ton (Hereford): 20 August.

SMITH. The Revd Dr Linnet Smith, Hon. Assistant Curate of Guils­borough and Hollowell and Cold Ashby and Cottesbrooke with Great Creaton and Thornby and Ravens­thorpe and Spratton (Peterbor­ough): 31 October.

STERRY. The Revd Christopher Sterry, Priest-in-Charge of Huntley and Longhope, Churcham and Bulley (Gloucester): 31 August.

TIDSWELL. The Revd David Tids­well, Hon. Priest-in-Charge of High Hurstwood (Chichester).

WHITE. The Revd Camilla White, Hon. Assistant Curate of Bramley) and Grafham (Guildford): 23 July.

WILTSHIRE. The Revd Robert Wiltshire, Assistant Curate (Interim Minister) in Wrockwardine Dean­ery, and Rural Dean of Wrock­wardine (Lichfield): 31 July.

WOODCOCK. The Revd Michelle Woodcock, Team Vicar in the Cart­mel Peninsula Team Ministry (Car­lisle): 1 September.

WYNFORD-HARRIS. The Revd Robert Wynford-Harris, Priest-in-Charge of St Helens and of St Peter’s, Sea View (Portsmouth): 27 August.

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