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Appointments

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19 July 2019

St Katharine’s Master

THE next Master of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, London, is to be the Ven. Roger Preece, Archdeacon of St Helens and Warrington, in Liverpool diocese, since 2015. He was ordained priest in 2007, and served in Chester diocese before taking up his current post.

Before ordination, Archdeacon Preece worked in financial services, in London; he was a founding partner of the international financial markets consulting business Capco.

He succeeds the Revd Mark Aitken, who retires on 31 August.

 

BALE. The Revd Sandra Bale, NS Assistant Curate of Forest Row, now NS Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Crawley Down (Chichester).

BRIXTON. The Revd Corinne Brixton, formerly Assistant Curate of Buckhurst Hill (Chelmsford), to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) for Women of St John’s Proprietary Chapel, Downshire Hill, Hampstead (London).

COLLINS. The Revd Dr Earl Collins, Assistant Curate of St Andrew’s, Chesterton (Ely), now Continuing Ministerial Development Officer, and Priest-in-Charge of St John the Baptist, Hove (Chichester).

EDMONDS. The Revd Catherine Edmonds, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) in the Axminster, Chardstock, All Saints, Combpyne with Rousdon and Membury Team Ministry, to be also Rural Dean of Honiton (Exeter).

ELLIOTT. The Revd Joanna Elliott, NS Assistant Curate of St Wilfrid and the Church of the Presentation, Haywards Heath, now also Lead Chaplain of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (Chichester).

ENTICOTT. The Revd Ian Enticott, Vicar of St James and St Paul, Accrington, and Area Dean of Accrington, to be also Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church, Accrington (Blackburn).

FOSTER. The Revd Susan Foster, Interim Priest-in-Charge of St Andrew’s, Rushmere (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), to be Vicar.

GOODFELLOW. The Revd Richard Goodfellow, Assistant Curate of Aspatria with Hayton and Gilcrux, to be Priest-in-Charge of St Elisabeth’s, Harraby, Carlisle, and Priest-in-Charge designate of Upperby, Carlisle (Carlisle).

HINES. The Revd Dr Richard Hines, formerly Hon. Priest-in-Charge of St James’s, Aberdeen (Aberdeen & Orkney), to be Rural Dean of Wisbech Lynn Marshland (Ely).

HODGES. The Revd Edward Hodges, Assistant Curate of St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington (London), to be Rector of St Matthew with St Sidwell, Exeter (Exeter).

McNALLY. The Revd Paul McNally, Assistant Curate of St James and St Paul, Accrington, to be also Curate-in-Charge of Christ Church, Accrington (Blackburn).

MEARS. The Revd Hannah Mears, formerly Vicar of Rugby West (Coventry), now Diocesan Vocations Adviser (Exeter).

MEDLEY. The Revd Steven Medley, Assistant Curate of Chilvers Coton with Astley, now Leader of Urban Hope (Bishop’s Mission Order) (Coventry).

NEAL. The Revd Gary Neal, Team Vicar in the Broadwater Team Ministry, now Team Vicar with special responsibility for St Stephen and for Queen Street Church Centre (Chichester)

PERCY. The Revd Pauline Percy, Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of Sessay, of Thirkleby with Kilburn and Bagby, and of Sowerby, to be also Chaplain of Queen Mary’s School, Topcliffe (York).

RAWLINGS. The Revd Elizabeth Rawlings, Minister of Hamilton Conventional District, and Area Dean of the City of Leicester, to be Discipleship and Vocations Enabler (Leicester).

ROBINSON. The Revd Kevan Robinson, Priest-in-Charge of East Dean, Singleton and West Dean, and Chaplain of Chichester College, now Priest-in-Charge of St Stephen’s, Bexhill (Chichester).

SCOTT. The Revd Jonathan Scott, Assistant Curate of St Peter and St Osmund, Parkstone, with St Mary’s, Branksea (Salisbury), to be Ministre Desservant of St Martin le Vieux, Jersey (Winchester and Canterbury).

SELLERS. The Revd Robert Sellers, Team Rector in the Withycombe Raleigh Team Ministry, to be also Rural Dean of Aylesbeare (Exeter).

TREMTHTHANMOR. The Revd Chrys Tremththanmor, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Abington, to be Assistant Rural Dean of Greater Northampton and of Wellingborough, remaining Clergy Continuing Ministerial Development Officer (Peterborough).

SCOTLAND

MOGER. The Revd Peter Moger, Canon Precentor of York Minster (York), to be Priest-in-Charge of St Peter’s, Stornoway, and of St Moluag’s, Eoropaidh, Isle of Lewis (Argyll & The Isles).

LAY APPOINTMENT

LAWSON-TANCRED. Sir Andrew Lawson-Tancred to be Capitular Canon of Ripon Cathedral (Leeds).

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