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Michaelmas ordinations

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04 October 2024

Diocese of Chelmsford

Chelmsford deacons. More photos below and in the gallery

Chelmsford deacons. More photos below and in the gallery

BRISTOL

By the Bishop in her cathedral on 1 October:
Deacon: Catriona Rawlins (Hanham and Kingswood).

 

CHELMSFORD

By the Bishop in her cathedral on 8 September:

Deacons: Leslie Crossland (Holy Trinity, Hermon Hill, Wanstead, NSM); Lauren Hart (Corringham and Fobbing); Ruth How Chee Kwun (St Mary the Virgin, Loughton, NSM); Deborah Lake (St Michael and All Angels, Loughton, NSM); David Lappano (St Mary’s and Christ Church, Wanstead); Patricia Larocque (Christ Church, Three Mills (Bishop’s Mission Order) NSM); Piers Northam (St Mary-at-Latton, Harlow, NSM); June Oldacre (St John the Baptist, Southend, Distinctive Deacon, NSM); Julie Quintin (St Nicholas’s, Elm Park, Hornchurch, NSM); William Rose-Moore (St John the Baptist with St Gabriel and St Nicholas’s, Loughton); Thérèse Stickland (the Hedinghams and Upper Colne, NSM); Gavin Sunshine (Newport with Widdington, Quendon and Rickling).

By the Bishop of Colchester in Chelmsford Cathedral on 14 September:
Deacon: Jeffrey Graham (St James and St Paul, Colchester).

Diocese of ChelmsfordChelmsford priests

By the Bishop of Barking in St Edward the Confessor, Romford, on 28 September: 
Priests:
Katherine Bennett, Jacintha Danaswamy, Bernard Eaton, Naomi Snelling, Rachel Summers.

By the Bishop of Bradwell in St Andrew’s, Chelmsford, on 28 September: 
Priests: Julia MacGregor, Mark Pape, Sarah Rachell, Matthew Ralph.

By the Bishop of Colchester in St Botolph’s, Colchester, on 28 September: 
Priests: Emma Barr, Noah Cockett, Charlotte Day, Judith Gibbons, Emma Smith, Janine Wilde.

By the Bishop of Colchester in the Church in Great Notley on 28 September: 
Priests: Tayrina Ferguson, Nichola Horsley, Dr Hilary Walker.

 

COVENTRY

By the Bishop of Oswestry, in St Luke’s, Holbrooks, on 7 September: 
Deacon: Charles Cowper (Holbrooks).

 

LONDON

By the Bishop in St Mellitus College on 28 September:
Deacon: Lydia McLean (St Marylebone with Holy Trinity, St Marylebone).

 

OXFORD

By the Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford,
on 28 September:
Deacons: Timothy Adams (Burford with Fulbrook, Taynton, Asthall with Swinbrook and Widford); Simon Eves (St Nicolas’s, Newbury, and Speen­ham­land Team Ministry); Robert Perkins (Great Chesham Team Ministry).
Priests: Craig Larner, Christopher Rimmer.

 

 Diocese of PortsmouthPortsmouth priests

PORTSMOUTH

By the Bishop in his cathedral on 28 September: 
Priests: Bevaly Rackett, Clare King, Karen Crowhurst, Larry Stone, Dr Coleen Jackson, Richard Shurmer.

 

 Diocese of RochesterRochester deacons

ROCHESTER

By the Bishop in his cathedral on 28 September: 
Deacons: Ajisola Adeloye (St Barnabas’s, St Paul’s Cray); Tim Aldred (Hayes); Carol Bridge (Kent Downs and Malling Team Ministry, NSM); Laura Polaine (St Peter and St Paul, Bromley, NSM); Mark Sanger (Anerley Team Ministry); Becky Willoughby (St Augustine with St Luke, Bromley Common, NSM); Bart Woodhouse (Greenhithe; Swanscombe).

Priests: James Butler, Robert Byrne, Anna Drew, Hannah Glover, Jessica Heeb, Mark Morgan, Raymond Shergill, Andrew Smith, Roberta Woodward.

 

Ian Quayle, of Sodor & Man diocese

SODOR & MAN

By the Commissary Bishop, the Rt Revd Mark Davies, in St German’s Cathedral, Peel, on 14 September:
Deacon: Ian Quayle (St George with All Saints’, Douglas (NSM).

By the Commissary Bishop, the Rt Revd Mark Davies, in St German’s Cathedral, Peel, on 15 September: 
Priest: Joanna Fisher.

 

 

ABERDEEN & ORKNEY

By the Acting Bishop, the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Aberdeen, on 21 September: 
Deacon: Helen Randall (St Magnus’s, Lerwick, and St Colman’s, Burravoe).

Colin SmithHelen Randall, of Aberdeen & Orkney diocese

By the Rt Revd Dorsey McConnell in St James’s, Aberdeen, on 30 September: 
Priest: Godwin Chimara.

By the Acting Bishop, the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, in St Andrew’s, Alford, on 3 October: 
Priest: Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski.

 

EDINBURGH

By the Bishop in his cathedral on 29 September: 
Deacons: Elidh Proudfoot (St Paul and St George, Edinburgh); Fiona Reynolds (St Ninian’s, Edinburgh); Simon Schofield (St Philip’s and St James’s, Edinburgh).

 

General Synod OfficeMaureen Farquhar and Laura Symon, of Moray, Ross & Caithness diocese

MORAY, ROSS & CAITHNESS

By the Bishop in his cathedral on 14 September: 
Deacons: Maureen Farquhar (St John the Evangelist, Forres); Laura Symon (St Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness).

 

ST ANDREWS, DUNKELD & DUNBLANE

By the Bishop in his cathedral on 29 September: 
Deacon: Ross Stirling-Young (St Columba’s, Stanley).

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