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Appointments

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02 June 2023

BAILEY. The Revd Joshua Bailey, Priest-in-Charge of Bungay, now also Rural Dean of Waveney and Blyth (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

BAKER. The Revd Dr Nicholas Baker, Assistant Curate of Wigston (Leicester), to be Chaplain of Shiplake College, Henley-upon-Thames (Oxford).

BLAND. The Revd Jennifer Bland, Vicar of Earls Barton, now also Rural Dean of Wellingborough (Peterborough).

BLUNT. The Revd Joshua Blunt, Assistant Curate of Goole (Sheffield), to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Penn Fields (Lichfield).

BRIDGEWATER. The Revd Michael Bridgewater, Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Hartshill, Penkhull and Trent Vale, to be Assistant Curate (Interim Minister/Strategic Missioner) in the Hanley Team Ministry (Lichfield).

BROWN. The Revd Andrew Brown, Rector of Eccleston and Charnock Richard (Blackburn), to be Vicar of St Agnes and St Pancras, Preston (Liverpool).

BUNCE. The Revd Dr Gillian Bunce, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St Martin’s, Worle, and of St Mark with St George, Worle, now also Prebendary of Wells Cathedral (Bath & Wells).

CODY. The Revd Julia Cody, Team Vicar of Perton Local Ecumenical Partnership in the Tettenhall Wood and Perton Team Ministry, to be Team Rector in the Smestow Vale Team Ministry, remaining Rural Dean of Trysull (Lichfield).

CONNING. The Revd Dowell Conning, Rector of Dulverton with Brushford, Brompton Regis, Upton and Skilgate, to be also Area Dean of Exmoor (Bath & Wells).

COOKE. The Revd Suzanne Cooke, formerly Vicar of Doddington, Ilderton, Kirknewton and Wooler (Newcastle), to be part-time Priest-in-Charge of Brandesburton and Leven (York).

CROUCH. The Revd Daniel Crouch, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Yeovil, with Barwick, now also Assistant Area Dean of Yeovil (Bath & Wells).

DAVIDSON. The Revd Dawn Davidson, Team Rector in the Tas Valley Team Ministry, now also Priest-in-Charge in the Upper Tas Team Ministry (Norwich).

DOUGLAS. The Revd Caroline (Kate) Douglas, Assistant Curate of St Hugh and St John, Chells, Stevenage, to be Chaplain of Queenswood School (St Albans).

DRISCOLL. The Revd Raymond Driscoll, Team Vicar in the South Gosport Team Ministry (Portsmouth), to be Team Rector.

GRENHAM-THOMPSON. The Revd Sharon Grenham-Thompson, Team Vicar in the Watling Valley Ecumenical Partnership, with responsibility for St Mary’s, Shenley (Oxford), to be Rector of Rattlesden (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

GUNSTONE. The Revd Peter Gunstone, Assistant Curate of Bradford City Centre Resource Church, and Interim Canon Precentor of Bradford Cathedral, now Minor Canon for Worship and Nurture at Bradford Cathedral (Leeds).

HEALEY. The Revd Samuel Healey, Assistant Curate of the Isle of Wedmore Benefice, now Interim Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of St Paul’s, Weston-super-Mare (Bath & Wells).

HOOD. The Revd Christopher Hood, Vicar of St Peter and St Paul and St Andrew’s and St Nicholas’s, Felixstowe, to be also Rural Dean of Colneys (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

KEENE. The Revd Edward Keene, Assistant Curate of Little Shelford (Ely), to be Rector of St Nicholas’s, Stevenage, and Graveley (St Albans).

KEMBER. The Revd Ann Kember, Rector of Chard with Combe St Nicholas, Wambrook and Whitestaunton, and Area Dean of Somerset South (Bath & Wells), to be Priest-in-Charge of Orebeck (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

LAURENCE. The Revd Julian Laurence, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Taunton, Diocesan Adviser in Deliverance Ministry, and Prebendary of Wells Cathedral, now also Priest-in-Charge (Interim Minister) of the Good Shepherd, Furnham, Chard (Bath & Wells).

MARIES. The Revd Philip Maries, Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of the Central Barnsley Benefice (Leeds), to be Rector.

McBRIDE. The Revd Katharine McBride, Assistant Curate of Strensall, to be Rector of the Rural East York Benefice (York).

McKEE. The Revd Nicholas McKee, Diocesan Director of Vocations, now also Hon. Canon of Blackburn Cathedral (Blackburn).

MEESAM. The Revd Melanie Meesam, NS Assistant Curate of St Cuthbert’s, Hull (York), to be NS Associate Vicar.

PERRY. The Revd Ian Perry, Assistant Curate of St Paul’s and St Thomas and St Andrew, Stafford (Lichfield), to be Priest-in-Charge of Inkberrow with Cookhill, Dormston and Kington (Worcester).

ROBINSON. The Revd Matthew Robinson, Assistant Curate of the Trinity Benefice, Blackpool (St Mark’s, Layton, and St Luke’s, Staining, and Hope Community Church), to be Vicar of Emmanuel Church, Preston (Blackburn).

SELDON. The Revd Miranda Seldon, NS Assistant Curate of Northchurch and Wigginton, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Little and Great Gaddesden in the Great Berkhamsted Team Ministry (St Albans).

STEVENSON. The Revd David Stevenson, Vicar of St John’s, Watford, to be Rector of Bushey (St Albans).

STOBART. The Revd Joanna Stobart, Assistant Area Dean of Somerset South, to be Area Dean, and Vicar of Ilminster and Whitelackington (Bath & Wells).

TROTTER. The Revd Dr Robin Trotter, Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of St Aidan’s and St Paul’s, Burton, and of St Mordwen’s, Burton-upon-Trent, to be also Rural Dean of Tutbury (Lichfield).

TYRER. The Revd Neil Tyrer, Lead Chaplain of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Bishop’s Adviser for Healthcare Chaplaincy (Peterborough), now Chief Executive Officer of Manna House Counselling Service, Northampton.

WIGLEY. The Revd Graham Wigley, Assistant Curate of Shenstone and Stonnall, to be Assistant Curate (Interim Minister-in-Charge) of St Andrew with Christ Church, West Bromwich (Lichfield).

WILD. The Revd Laura Wild, Assistant Curate of Nunthorpe, to be Vicar of Brookfield, and of Stainton with Hemlington and Hilton (York).

YACOMENI. The Revd Thomas Yacomeni, Rector of All Saints’, Weston, Bath, with North Stoke and Langridge, now also Prebendary of Wells Cathedral (Bath & Wells).

YOUINGS. The Revd Francesca Youings, Assistant Curate of Bath Weston with Kelston, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Grace Church, Bath (Bishop’s Mission Order) (Bath & Wells).

AIR TRAINING CORPS

The following now Hon. Chaplains: the Revd Ngozi Njoku (Wembley Squadron); the Revd Gary Crellin (Malvern Squadron); the Revd Susan Pratten (Caerleon Squadron); the Revd Gayle Greenway (Brownhills Squadron); the Revd Diane Komorowski (Wakefield Squadron).

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