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Appointments

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31 March 2023

ACKERLEY. The Revd Dr Glyn Ackerley, formerly Vicar of Bushmead (St Albans), to be Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of St Mary’s, Rushden, with Newton Bromswold (Peterborough).

BAILEY. The Revd Katharine Bailey, formerly Priest-in-Charge of North Chapel with Ebernoe, and of Lurgashall, now Rector of Northiam (Chichester).

BARNES. The Revd Philip Barnes, Vicar of St Stephen’s, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, to be also Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (London).

BURGESS. The Revd Geraldine Burgess, Priest-in-Charge of Amberley with North Stoke and Parham, Wiggonholt and Greatham (Chichester), now Vicar.

BURN. The Revd Dr Helen Burn, Vicar of St Justus’s, Rochester, to be Team Rector in the Kent Downs and Malling Team Ministry, remaining Hon. Canon of Rochester Cathedral (Rochester).

BUTT. The Revd Nicola Butt, NS Assistant Curate of St Luke’s, Exmoor, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Alcombe.

CARGILL. The Revd Christine Cargill, Vicar of St Anne’s, Brondesbury, with Holy Trinity, Kilburn, to be also Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (London).

COOPER. The Revd Nicholas Cooper, Vicar of Frindsbury with Upnor and Chattenden, now also Area Dean of Strood (Rochester).

CROSS. The Revd Kenneth Cross, Vicar of Alcombe (Bath & Wells), to be 0.75 Vicar.

DOWDING. The Revd Clare Dowding, Rector of St Paul’s, St Marylebone, and Area Dean of Westminster St Marylebone, to be also Priest-in-Charge of St Cyprian’s, Marylebone (London).

DUCE. The Revd Catherine Duce, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (London), to be Assistant Curate (Assistant Vicar to Nazareth Companions).

FERNANDES. The Revd José Fernandes, Vicar of St Hilda’s, Ashford, Area Dean of Spelthorne, and Diocesan Chaplain for the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Community, to be also Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (London).

FORD. The Revd Rachel Ford, Assistant Curate in the Abbeylands Team Ministry, to be Vicar of Rawdon (Leeds).

HOBDAY. The Revd Dr Philip Hobday, Canon Missioner of Wakefield Cathedral (Leeds), to be Sub-Dean.

JOHNSON. The Revd Andrew Johnson, Priest-in-Charge of Perivale (London), now Vicar of Walton (Oxford).

LEAF. The Revd William Leaf, Priest-in-Charge in the Moulsecoomb with Bevendean and Coldean Team Ministry (Chichester) now Team Rector.

MERRICK. The Revd Richard Merrick, Assistant Curate of Whitehawk, now Assistant Curate of St Matthias’s, Brighton (Chichester).

PARKER. The Revd Professor David Parker, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Selly Oak, now Interim Priest-in-Charge of St Faith and St Laurence, Harborne (Birmingham).

PYRKE. The Revd Adam Pyrke, Assistant Curate of St Justus’s, Rochester, now Interim Priest-in-Charge of St Francis’s, Strood (Rochester).

ROBINSON. The Revd Hannah Robinson, Assistant Curate of South Shoebury, to be Priest-in-Charge of St John the Evangelist, Moulsham, and Chaplain of Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford Campus) (Chelmsford).

ROE. The Revd James Roe, NS Assistant Curate of St Matthias’s, Brighton, now NS Assistant Curate of St Peter’s, Brighton (Chichester).

SHANNON. The Revd Helen Shannon, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Woodside Park, to be also Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (London).

SMITH. The Revd Angela Smith, Vicar of Hartley Wintney, Elvetham, Winchfield and Dogmersfield, now also Assistant Area Dean of Odiham (Winchester).

SMITH. The Revd Dr Linnet Smith, formerly Hon. Assistant Curate of Guilsborough and Hollowell and Cold Ashby and Cottesbrooke with Great Creaton and Thornby and Ravensthorpe and Spratton, to be Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of St Mary’s, Rushden, with Newton Bromswold (Peterborough).

THOMAS. The Rt Revd Paul Thomas, Suffragan Bishop of Oswestry (Lichfield), now also Hon. Assistant Bishop (Truro).

URQUHART. The Rt Revd David Urquhart, Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of St Mary at Hill with St Andrew Hubbard, St George Botolph Lane and St Botolph by Billingsgate, London, now also Hon. Assistant Bishop (London).

VAN DER HART. The Revd Lucinda Van Der Hart, NS Assistant Curate of St Dionis’s, Parson’s Green, Fulham, to be NS Assistant Curate of Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington (London).

VAN DER HART. The Revd William Van Der Hart, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of St Dionis’s, Parson’s Green, Fulham, to be NS Assistant Curate of Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington (London).

WELSH. The Revd Jennifer Welsh, Vicar of West Brompton, and Area Dean of Chelsea, to be also Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (London).

WHEELER. The Revd Alexandra Wheeler, Assistant Curate of Copthorne (Chichester), now Associate Vicar.

WILDING. The Revd Erica Wilding, Assistant Curate in the Uxbridge Team Ministry, to be Vicar of Heston (London).

WILLIAMS. The Revd Peter Williams, NS Assistant Curate of Bluntisham cum Earith with Colne and Holywell cum Needingworth (Ely), to be Priest-in-Charge of Kingsclere with Ashford Hill and Headley (Winchester).

WILLIS. The Revd Jane Willis, Rector of Hurstpierpoint (Chichester), now Team Rector in the Dorchester Team Ministry, and Vicar of Warborough (Oxford).

WILSON. The Revd Andrew Wilson, Rector of St John of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney, and Area Dean of Hackney, to be also Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (London).

YORK. The Revd Paula York, Interim Vicar of All Hallows’, Wellingborough, and of All Saints’, Wellingborough, to be Vicar of both, remaining Diocesan Adviser for Women’s Ministry, and Hon. Canon of Peterborough Cathedral (Peterborough).

OVERSEAS

ELSTON. The Revd James Elston, Team Rector in the Old Church Team Ministry, St Pancras (London), now also Hon. Canon of St Michael and All Angels Cathedral, Mampong, Ghana (Ghana, West Africa).

STOBER. The Revd Jacqueline Stober, Priest-in-Charge of Kirk Langley, of Mackworth, and of Mugginton and Kedleston, Area Dean of Dove and Derwent, and Assistant Diocesan Director of Ordinands (Derby), to be Senior Associate Priest of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria (British Columbia, Anglican Church of Canada).

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