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Resignations and retirements

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07 November 2025

BURGESS. The Revd Charles Burgess, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of Corfe Mullen (Salisbury).

BURGESS. The Revd Jane Burgess, Rector of Corfe Mullen, and Assistant Rural Dean of Wimborne (Salisbury).

GARNER. The Revd Selina Garner, Vicar of Newport and Bishops Tawton (Exeter).

HEARD. The Revd Dr James Heard, Area Dean of Kensington, remaining Vicar of Holland Park (London).

LODGE. The Revd Jennifer Lodge, Assistant Curate of the Trunch Group (Norwich).

OSMOND. The Revd Tobias Osmond, Vicar of St Mary Mag­dalene and St John the Evan­­gelist, Taunton (Bath & Wells).

PINNINGTON. The Revd Gillian Pinnington, Vicar of Christ Church, Coalville, with Bardon Hill and Ravenstone, Area Dean of North-West Leicestershire, and Hon. Canon of Leicester Cathedral (Leicester).

RANCE. The Revd Eleanor Rance, Vicar of the Salisbury Plain Benefice, and Canon and Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury): November.

SHOESMITH. The Revd Frances Shoesmith, Team Vicar in the Wigan Team Ministry (Liverpool).

STUDDERT-KENNEDY. The Revd Andrew Studdert-Kennedy, Team Rector in the Uxbridge Team Ministry (London), remaining Chaplain to the King.

TAYLOR. The Revd Dr Nicholas Taylor, Rector of St Aidan’s, Clarkston (Glasgow & Galloway), remaining Fellow of New College, Edinburgh University, and Canon Theologian of Mutare Cathedral, Zimbabwe (Province of Central Africa).

WALSH. The Revd Simon Walsh, NS Assistant Curate of St Augustine’s, Kilburn (London).

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