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Appointments

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16 September 2022

AUCKEN. The Revd Dr Hazel Aucken, Assistant Curate of Newbold De Verdun, Barlestone, Kirby Mallory and Peckleton (Leicester), to be Interim Priest-in-Charge of Chipping Ongar with Shelley, Greensted juxta Ongar and Stanford Rivers (Chelmsford).

BENTLEY. The Revd Craig Bentley, Assistant Curate of Natland and of Old and New Hutton (Carlisle), now Chaplain of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Newcastle).

BIRD. The Revd Dr Ian Bird, Vicar of Chandler’s Ford (Winchester), to be Team Rector in the Swanage and Studland Team Ministry (Salisbury).

BOYES. The Revd Matthew Boyes, Chaplain of HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham, now Vicar of Bentley, Binsted and Froyle (Winchester).

CRAIG. The Revd Gillean Craig, Interim Priest-in-Charge of the Little Stour Benefice, and Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of the Canonry Benefice, with special responsibility for Wingham, now part-time Interim Priest-in-Charge of Sturry with Fordwich and Westbere with Hersden (Canterbury).

CROMPTON-BATTERSBY. The Revd Jackson Crompton-Battersby, Rector of Elmsett with Aldham, Hintlesham, Chattisham and Kersey (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), to be part-time Team Vicar in the Thurstable and Winstree Team Ministry, with responsibility for schools and families (Chelmsford).

FAULKNER. The Revd Lorna Faulkner, Assistant Curate of Coxheath, East Farleigh, Hunton, Linton and West Farleigh (Rochester), to be Rector.

FROUD. The Revd Andrew Froud, Vicar of St Mary Magadalene’s and St Paul’s, Clitheroe, Chatburn and Downham, to be Rector of Foulridge, Laneshawbridge and Trawden, remaining Hon. Canon of Blackburn Cathedral (Blackburn).

GOLDTHORPE. The Revd Duncan Goldthorpe, Rector of the East Leightonstone Benefice, to be also Rural Dean of Huntingdon (Ely).

GREEN. The Revd Benjamin Green, Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church, Selly Park (Birmingham), now Vicar.

JENKINS. The Revd Gary Jenkins, Vicar of St James with Christchurch and St Anne’s, Bermondsey, and Area Dean of Bermondsey, to be Diocesan Dean of Estates Ministry, remaining Hon. Canon of Southwark Cathedral (Southwark).

LINKENS. The Revd Timothy Linkens, Vicar of St Nicholas’s, Kidbrooke (Southwark), to be Mission to Seafarers Chaplain of Humber Port.

McLELLAND. The Revd Dr Sarah McClelland, Priest in Charge of Valley Park (Winchester), now Vicar.

MILLER. The Revd Annette Miller, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Levens and of Heversham and Milnthorpe, to be NS Associate Minister in the Cartmel Peninsula Team Ministry (Carlisle).

MILLER. The Revd Dr Andrew Miller, Team Rector in the Lark Valley and North Bury Team Ministry, now also Rural Dean of Thingoe (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

MÜLLER. The Revd Anton Müller, Vicar of Scorton and Barnacre and Calder Vale (Blackburn), and part-time County Ecumenical Officer for Churches Together in Lancashire, to be full-time County Ecumenical Officer for Churches Together in Lancashire.

POTTER. The Revd Sharon Potter, Rector of Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield St George with Little Whelnetham, Cockfield, Felsham and Gedding, Priest-in-Charge of Bradfield Combust, Great Whelnetham and Stanningfield in the St Edmund Way Benefice, and Hon. Canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, now also Rural Dean of Lavenham (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

QUANTRILL. The Revd Sarah Quantrill, Priest-in-Charge of Carlton Colville and Mutford (Norwich), to be Rector.

TROWSDALE. The Revd James Trowsdale, Chaplain of the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, to be Priest-in-Charge of Ampleforth with Oswaldkirk, Gilling East and Stonegrave (York).

YOUNG. The Revd Phillip Young, Assistant Curate of Wooton (St Albans), to be Assistant Curate (Rural Missioner) in the Harwich deanery (Chelmsford).

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