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Resignations and retirements

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27 April 2018

BANDAWE. The Revd Christine Bandawe, Team Vicar in the Seacroft Team Ministry (Leeds): 25 November.

BENNETT. The Revd Toni Bennett, Priest-in-Charge in the Pool Mission Area (St Asaph): 30 June.

BLAKE. The Revd Ian Blake, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Skirbeck (Lincoln): 4 May.

BLYTH. The Revd Geraldine Blyth, Vicar of Llangynwyd with Maesteg (Llandaff): 31 August.

CUMMINS. The Revd Lesley Cummins, NSM of St George’s, Poynton (Chester).

DRAISEY. The Revd Damon Draisey, Assistant Curate of Warblington with Emsworth (Portsmouth).

EDWARDS. The Revd Susan Edwards, Team Rector in the Leverhulme Team Ministry (Manchester): 15 July.

FILTNESS. The Revd Trevor Filtness, Vicar of Rowlands Castle (Portsmouth): 2 June.

FRAZER. The Revd Deborah Frazer, Rector of Bow, and Holy Trinity with St Leonard, Bromley (London): 26 August.

GARRARD. The Revd Mary Garrard, Team Vicar in the Lower Wylye and Till Valley Team Ministry (Salisbury): 20 May.

GILBERT. The Revd Mary Gilbert, Vicar of St Paul’s, Birmingham (Birmingham).

HARKIN. The Revd John Harkin, Vicar of St Mary’s, Andover, Rural Dean of Andover, and Hon. Canon of Winchester Cathedral (Winchester): 22 April.

HERBERT. The Revd Ronald Herbert, Vicar of Stonebridge (London).

HILL. The Revd Susan Hill, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St Peter and St Paul, Chingford (Chelmsford).

HUNTER. The Revd Peter Hunter, Vicar of Warminster (Salisbury): 30 September.

JONES. The Revd Peter Jones, house-for-duty Priest-in-Charge of Kirklington with Hockerton, of Winkburn, of Fransfield, and of Maplebeck (Southwell Nottingham): 29 October.

KENNEDY. The Revd Carolyn Kennedy: Rector of the Uffington Group (Lincoln): 31 May.

KENNEY. The Revd Peter Kenney, Diocesan Ministry Development Officer, Bishop’s Adviser in Pastoral Care and Counselling, and Hon. Canon of Newcastle Cathedral (Newcastle): 30 June.

KNIGHT. The Revd Paul Knight, Area Dean of Birstall: 1 June, remaining Vicar of St Peter’s, Birstall (Leeds).

LEYLAND. The Revd Ty Leyland, Rector of the Ridwares and Kings Bromley (Lichfield): 1 July.

MacGILLIVRAY. The Revd Jonathan MacGillivray, Vicar of Darton with Staincross and Mapplewell (Leeds): 30 June.

MAHER. The Revd Ian Maher, Multifaith Chaplaincy Co-ordinator of Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield), remaining Minor Canon of Sheffield Cathedral.

MORGAN. The Revd Mark Morgan, Team Vicar in the South West Ipswich Team Ministry (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich).

MORRIS. The Revd Stephen Morris, Assistant Curate of St Mary the Virgin, the Lace Market, Nottingham (Southwell & Notting­ham): 31 May.

OOSTERHOF. The Revd Liesbeth Oosterhof, Dean of Women’s Ministry (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), remaining Rector of the Shoreline Benefice, and Rural Dean of Samford.

PASK. The Revd Howard Pask, Vicar of Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall (Leeds): 21 June.

PRINGLE. The Revd Richard Pringle, Vicar of Newsham (Newcastle): 3 June.

PURVIS-LEE. The Revd Lynn Purvis-Lee, Rector of Penhill Benefice (Leeds): 31 December.

PYE. The Revd Dr Michael Pye, Vicar of All Saints, Portsea (Portsmouth): 31 August.

SMITH. The Revd Michael Smith, Assistant Area Dean of Basingstoke: 5 September, remaining Vicar of Hatch Warren and Beggarwood (Winchester).

SMITH. The Revd Robert Smith, OLM of Withington (Manchester): 1 July.

SPENCER. The Revd Geoffrey Spencer, Vicar of Kirkby-in-Malhamdale (Leeds): 31 July.

STERRY. The Revd Susan Sterry, NSM of Holy Cross, Hornchurch (Chelmsford): 1 May.

TOWNSEND. The Revd Robin Townsend, Vicar of Slaithwaite with East Scammonden and Priest-in-Charge of Marsden (Leeds): 31 July.

VAUGHAN. The Revd Carole Vaughan, NSM of Oakley with Wootton St Lawrence (Winchester): 30 June.

VAUGHAN. The Revd Jeremy Vaughan, Rector of Oakley with Wootton St Lawrence (Winchester): 30 June.

WHITTING. The Revd Dominic Whitting, Vicar of Crowan and Treslothan (Truro): 31 May.

WHYBROW. The Revd Paul Whybrow, Vicar of Poughill (Truro): 2 September.

YOUNG. The Revd Hilary Young, Priest-in-Charge of Settle, Giggleswick and Rathmell with Wigglesworth and Bowland Deanery Schools Ministry Enabler (Leeds): 28 July.

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