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Appointments

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26 September 2025

BARWOOD. The Revd Jonathan Barwood, formerly NS Assistant Curate of Arbory and Castletown (Sodor & Man), to be Interim Team Vicar in the Vale and Cotswold Edge Team Ministry (Gloucester).

BEWICK. The Revd Lisa Bewick, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of St Andrew’s, St George’s and St Matthew’s, Hornchurch, to be Priest-in-Charge of All Saints’, Squirrels Heath (Chelmsford).

BOYD. The Revd Hannah Boyd, Vicar of Higher Walton and of Hoghton, to be also Area Dean of Leyland (Blackburn).

COWIE. The Revd David Cowie, Priest-in-Charge of the High Farmland Parishes and of the South Farmland Benefice, to be Rector of Wigston (Leicester).

DAVIES. The Revd Sara Davies, Priest-in-Charge of the Loveden Central Group (Lincoln), to be Assistant Chaplain of St Andrew’s, Puerto Pollensa, Spain (Europe).

DIXON. The Revd Michael Dixon, Assistant Curate of Cantley with New Cantley, to be Vicar and Oversight Minister of Edlington and Hexthorpe (Sheffield).

DUNTON. The Revd Joy Dunton, Assistant Curate of St Mary Bredin, Canterbury, now Assistant Curate of All Saints’, Canterbury (Canterbury).

GIDDY. The Revd Marcus Giddy, Assistant Curate of Woodford Wells, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St George’s, New Thundersley (Chelmsford).

GREEN. The Revd Nicholas Green, Vicar of Walton (Derby), to be Priest-in-Charge of the Stockton Christchurch Benefice (Durham).

GUILDER. The Revd Jennifer Guilder, Assistant Curate of Poulton-Le-Sands with St Laurence’s, Morecambe, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Minister for Evangelism and Community Transformation) of St Thomas’s, Lancaster (Blackburn).

HAYLER. The Revd Lynn Hayler, Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of the Harnhill Centre of Christian Healing (Gloucester), to be Priest-in-Charge of Braughing, Furneux Pelham and Stocking Pelham (St Albans).

LEATHER. The Revd Dr Susan Leather, house-for-duty Assistant Curate of St Peter and Christ Church with Holy Trinity, Derby, to be also Chaplain of the University of Sheffield (Sheffield).

LIVINGSTONE. The Revd Heather Livingstone, Priest-in-Charge of St Francis with St Clare’s Church Centre, Ipswich, Chantry and Pinewood (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), to be Rector.

REVELY. The Revd Rachel Revely, Priest-in-Charge of St Thomas’s, Ipswich (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), now Vicar.

ROBERTS. The Revd Dr Jonathan Roberts, Assistant Curate in the Leominster Team Ministry, and Acting Succentor of Hereford Cathedral, to be Minor Canon Succentor of Hereford Cathedral (Hereford).

SMEED. The Revd Mark Smeed, Assistant Curate of St Andrew’s, St George’s, and St Matthew’s, Hornchurch, to be Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of St James the Less, Hadleigh (Chelmsford).

STONE. The Revd Robert Stone, Priest-in-Charge of the Rodings, Easters and Great Canfield (Chelmsford), to be Rector of the Weighton Wold Benefice (York).

SWINERD. The Revd Emily Swinerd, Priest-in-Charge of St Peter’s, Stoke Park, Ipswich (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich), to be Rector.

WEATHERSTONE. The Revd Dr Timothy Weatherstone, Rector of Barnham Broom and Upper Yare, and Bishop’s Adviser for Rural Affairs, now also Norfolk Rural Chaplain (Norwich).

WITHDRAWAL OF ACCEPTANCE

CHITTENDEN. The Revd Nils Chittenden, in New York diocese (ECUSA), has withdrawn acceptance of the post of Chaplain in Midi-Pyrénées and Aude, France (Europe).

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