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Resignations and retirements

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14 December 2018

ANSTEY. The Revd Nigel Anstey, Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St Mary with St Edward and St Luke, Leyton (Chelmsford): 31 December.

BLACKETT. The Revd Peter Blackett, Rector of Bowness-on-Solway, Kirkbride and Newton Arlosh (Carlisle): 6 January 2019.

COONEY. The Revd Martin Cooney, Priest-in-Charge of Gainsborough and Morton (Lincoln): 31 January 2019, remaining Hon. Canon and Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral.

DAWSON. The Revd Paul Dawson, Rural Dean of Chester (Chester): 31 December, remaining Rector of St Mary on the Hill, Chester, and Hon. Canon of Chester Cathedral.

GOMPERTZ. The Revd Peter Gompertz, Chaplain to Retired Clergy and Clergy Widow and Windowers for the Higham, Kettering, and Corby deaneries (Petrborough), remaining Hon. Assistant Curate of St Andrew’s, Kettering.

HOLDER. The Revd Jeannette Holder, Assistant Curate of Headbourne Worthy, and of King’s Worthy (Winchester).

LAWRENCE. The Revd Dr Simon Lawrence, diocesan Chaplain to the Mothers’ Union (Norwich): 1 February 2019, remaining Rector of Stalham, East Ruston, Brunstead, Sutton and Ingham, and of Smallburgh with Dilham with Honing and Crostwight, Rural Dean of St Benet at Waxham and Tunstead, and Hon. Canon of Norwich Cathedral.

MADDISON. The Revd Simon Maddison, Vicar of St Aldhelm’s, Edmonton (London): 31 December.

PARKER. The Revd Janet Parker, Rural Dean of Chadkirk (Chester): 31 December, remaining Vicar of High Lane, and Hon. Canon of Chester Cathedral.

ROOME. The Revd Alison Roome, NSM of Belper with Turnditch (Derby): 27 December.

ROSE. The Revd Christopher Rose, Priest-in-Charge of St Clement Eastcheap with St Martin Orgar, London City (London).

SHARPE. The Revd Margaret Sharpe, NSM of Bilton (Coventry).

STEPHENSON. The Revd Jane Stephenson, Rector of Tilston and Shocklach (Chester): 28 February 2019.

WARRICK. The Very Revd Mark Warrick, Dean of Stamford and Vicar of All Saints with St John the Baptist, Stamford (Lincoln): 1 February 2019.

WEBBER. The Revd Michael Webber, Team Rector in the Daventry Team Ministry, Rural Dean of Daventry, and Hon. Canon of Peterborough Cathedral (Peterborough): 28 February 2019, becoming Canon Emeritus (diocesan correction).

WHITE. The Revd David White, NSM of Bacton with Wyverstone, Cotton and Old Newton, and Wickham Skeith (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 31 December.

WHITE. The Revd Valerie White, Priest-in-charge of Bacton with Wyverstone, Cotton and Old Newton, and Wickham Skeith (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 31 December.

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