Guernsey retirement

THE Very Revd Timothy Barker, Dean of Guernsey, in Salisbury diocese, is to retire on 31 July, before his 70th birthday in August. Dean Barker was ordained priest in 1981 and served his title in Chester diocese. He served in parishes, as Diocesan Urban Officer, Diocesan Communications Officer, and Bishop’s Chaplain, before moving to Spalding, in Lincoln diocese, in 1998. He was appointed Archdeacon of Lincoln in 2009, serving until he took up his current post, then in Winchester and Canterbury dioceses. He also serves as Rector of St André de la Pommeraye, Guernsey, and Priest-in-Charge of St Peter’s, Sark.

Dean Barker has hosted visits by members of the Royal Family, and marked Liberation Day in Guernsey and Homecoming in Alderney. He said that his ministry in churches had been “equally important” and “richly rewarding”.

AOKO. The Revd Olushola Aoko, Team Vicar in the Langley Marish Team Ministry (Oxford).

ASQUITH. The Revd Michael Asquith, Vicar of Mayfield (Chichester).

CLARKE. The Revd Ann Clarke, Preacher of the Charterhouse (London).

CRONK. The Revd Simon Cronk, Rector of Great with Little Milton and Great Haseley (Oxford).

CUNNINGTON. The Revd Andrew Cunnington, part-time Vicar of Findon Valley (Chichester).

DICKINSON. The Revd Gareth Dickinson, Area Dean of Maidstone, remaining Vicar of St Luke the Evangelist, Maidstone (Canterbury).

EDWARDS. The Revd Diana Edwards, Rector of Drybrook, Lydbrook and Ruardean (Gloucester).

FAULL. The Revd Janet Faull, Rector of Hook Norton with Great Rollright, Swerford and Wigginton (Oxford).

GOODALL. The Revd Alice Goodall, Rector of the Shelswell Benefice (Oxford).

GREENFIELD. The Revd Judith Greenfield, Rector of Rowner (Portsmouth).

LYNCH. The Revd Sally Lynch, Vicar of St Luke’s, Maidenhead, and Associate Area Dean of Maidenhead and Windsor (Oxford).

MERRICK. The Revd Richard Merrick, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Heath Town, and Rural Dean of Wolverhampton (Lichfield).

ORMONDROYD. The Revd Alice Ormondroyd, Vicar of Warton with Yealand Conyers (Blackburn).

ROBINSON-BROWN. The Revd Jarel Robinson-Brown, Hon. Canon of Bangor Cathedral (Bangor), remaining Vicar in the Roath and Cathays Ministry Area (Llandaff).

SHARPLES. The Revd Timothy Sharples, Rector of Bracknell (Oxford).

TANNER-IHM. The Revd Augustine Tanner-Ihm, Assistant Curate of Didsbury (Manchester).