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Deaths

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05 December 2025

BULL. — On 26 November, the Revd Martin Wells Bull: Assistant Curate of All Saints’, Little Horton (1967-68); Vicar of Ingrow (1968-78); Rural Dean of South Craven (1974-77); Vicar of All Saints’, Bingley (1978-80); Team Rector in the All Saints’ Team Ministry, Bingley (1980-92); Priest-in-Charge of Gargrave (1992-2002); aged 88.

CRUSE. — On 27 November, the Revd Jack Cruse: Assistant Curate of Ideford, Luton and Ashcombe (1985-89); Bishopsteignton (1985-89); Rector of Broadhempston, Woodland, Staverton with Landscove and Littlehempston (1990-98); Rural Dean of Totnes (1994-98); aged 90.

DOWNS. — On 17 November, the Revd John Alfred Downs: NSM of Markfield, Thornton, Bagworth and Stanton under Bardon, and Copt Oak (1996-2011); Newbold de Verdun, Barlestone and Kirkby Mallory since 2011; aged 67.

HARDMAN. — On 23 November, the Revd Peter George Hardman: Assistant Curate of St Paul’s, Oldham (1960-63); North-West Area Secretary of the Student Christian Movement in Schools (1963-64); Christian Education Movement (1964-67); Assistant Chaplain of Marlborough College (1967-72); Chaplain (1972-79); Priest-in-Charge in the Wareham Team Ministry (1979-80); Team Rector (1980-2000); Chaplain of Wareham Hospital (1980-82); Canon and Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral (1987-2000); Rural Dean of Purbeck (1989-1999); Chaplain of Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (1992-2000); aged 90.

LESITER. — On 21 November, the Ven. Malcolm Leslie Lesiter: Assistant Curate of Hemel Hempstead (1966-71); Team Vicar in the Hemel Hempstead Team Ministry (1971-73); Vicar of Leavesden (1973-88); Rural Dean of Watford (1981-88); Vicar of Radlett (1988-93); Hon. Canon of St Albans Cathedral (1990-93); Archdeacon of Bedford (1993-2003); aged 88.

MARTIN. — On 28 October, the Revd Joseph Edward Martin: Curate-in-Charge of Mapperley (1966-67); Rector of West Hallam (1966-67); West Hallam with Mapperley (1967-70); Vicar of Wykeham and Hutton Buscel (1970-78); Askham Richard with Askham Bryan (1978-82); Chaplain of HM Prison Askham Grange (1978-82); Rector of Amotherby with Appleton and Barton-le-Street (1982-84); Assistant Curate of Banbury (1985-88); Warsop (1988-90); Vicar of Tuxford with Weston and Markham Clinton (1990-2000); aged 90.

SMITH. — On 24 November, the Revd Anne Smith: NSM of Christ Church, Falkirk (2000-10); Mental Health Chaplain of Falkirk Infirmary (2000-07); aged 87.

SPENCER. — On 14 November, the Revd Robert Spencer: Chaplain of St John the Evangelist, New Pitsligo (1995-99); NSM of St Mary-on-the-Rock, Ellon (1999-2008); NS Interim Priest-in-Charge of St Matthew and St George, Oldmeldrum (2008-20); NS Priest-in-Charge since 2020; aged 77.

YOUNGSON. — On 14 October, the Revd David Thoms Youngson: Priest-in-Charge of St John the Baptist Conventional District, Stockton-on-Tees (1979-84); Vicar of St John the Baptist, Stockton-on-Tees (1984-86); St James’s, Owton Manor (1986-90); aged 87.

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