Dean to retire

THE Dean of Norwich since 2014, the Very Revd Jane Hedges, is to retire next May, when she will be 67. There will be a farewell service on Sunday 1 May, after which the Dean will move to Northumberland with her husband, Chris. Dean Hedges was a deaconess before her ordination, and was the first woman residentiary canon in the Church of England, at Portsmouth Cathedral. In 2006, she became the first female Canon at Westminster Abbey, before taking up her present appointment.

The Vice-Dean, Canon Peter Doll, will be Acting Dean until her successor is appointed.

BIGGS. The Revd Philip Biggs, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St Neot and Warleggan (Truro).

BREW. The Revd Kevin Brew, Rector of Howth, and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (Dublin & Glendalough).

BYATT. The Revd John Byatt, Priest-in-Charge of Whipton (Exeter).

COLLINS. The Revd Kathryne Collins, Priest-in-Charge of St Paul’s, Strathnairn (Moray, Ross & Caithness).

GUITE. The Revd Frances Guite, Vicar of Castleton Moor (Manchester): 31 October.

HOLLINS. The Revd Beverley Hollins, Rural Dean of Greater Northampton, remaining Rector of Weston Favell, and Hon. Canon of Peterborough Cathedral (Peterborough).

HOLY. The Revd Ravi Holy, Area Dean of West Bridge, remaining Vicar of Wye (Canterbury).

HORLOCK. The Revd Peter Horlock, NS Assistant Curate of St Ann’s, Manchester, and Manchester Business Community Missioner (Manchester): 1 November.

HUNTER. The Revd Stephen Hunter, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, and NS Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of All Saints’, Ecclesall Bierlow (Sheffield): 31 October.

KREJCI. The Revd Dr Tomas Krejci, NS Assistant Curate of St Giles’s, Reading (Oxford).

NICHOLAS-LETCH. The Revd Carol Nicholas-Letch, NS Assistant Curate of the Wissey Valley Benefice (Ely).

PARR. The Revd David Parr, Interim house-for-duty Priest of Swainswick and Woolley, in St Saviour’s, Bath, with Swainswick and Woolley (Bath & Wells).

PARROTT. The Revd David Parrott, Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry (London): 31 October.

PETTET. The Revd Christopher Pettet, Rector of East with West Wellow and Sherfield English (Winchester).

SCAMMELL. The Revd Frank Scammell, Vicar of Stoughton, Hon. Canon of Guildford Cathedral (Guildford): 5 November.

SCOTT. The Revd Julie Scott, Assistant Curate of St John the Baptist, Bridgwater (Bath & Wells): 6 November.

SIMPSON. The Revd Ursula Simpson, house-for-duty Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) in the Chipping Norton Team Ministry (Oxford).

SOUTH. The Revd Dr Gerald South, Priest-in-Charge of Holy Cross, Avening, with Cherington (Gloucester).

TAYLOR. The Revd Timothy Taylor, NS Assistant Curate (Assis­tant Priest) in the Egremont and Haile Team Ministry (Carlisle).

WALTERS. The Revd Dr Jennifer Walters, Assistant Curate of Broadstairs; Assistant Curate of All Saints’, Margate, and of St John the Baptist, Margate (Canterbury): 31 October.

WHITFIELD. The Revd Vivien Whitfield, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of St John the Evangelist, Colchester (Chelmsford).

WILKES. The Revd Jonathan Wilkes, Team Rector in the Kingston Team Ministry (Southwark): 14 November.