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Resignations and retirements

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21 November 2025

ASHTON. The Revd Grant Ashton, Priest-in-Charge of St Luke’s, Skerton, and of St Chad’s, Skerton (Blackburn): 31 December.

BRANDES. The Revd Simon Brandes, Vicar of St Nicholas with St Mary Magdalene, Chiswick (London): 2 May 2026.

EVANS. The Revd Simon Evans, Vicar of St Thomas’s, Ensbury Park, Rural Dean of Poole and North Bournemouth, Canon and Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral, and Lead Chaplain of the Dorset Police (Salisbury).

HAYTER. The Revd Mark Hayter, Rural Dean of Chalke (Salisbury).

MARSHALL. The Revd Amanda Marshall, Vicar of Baxenden and St Paul’s, Accrington (Blackburn): 31 March 2026.

PARRISH. The Revd Robert Parrish, Vicar in the Barry Ministry Area (Llandaff).

STIMPSON. The Revd Jill Stimpson, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) in the Isle of Ely Villages Team Ministry (Ely): 2 February 2026.

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