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Resignations and retirements

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20 February 2026

Brecon retirement

THE Very Revd Dr Paul Shackerly, Dean of Brecon since 2014, is to retire on 24 May. He will be 70 in August.

During his tenure, he has introduced and developed leadership, governance, finance, and mission through many social-engagement partnerships the cathedral said. It has now raised £3.8million for a restoration project, and works begin next month.

Dr Shackerly was trained at Chichester Theological College, ordained priest in 1994, and served his title in London diocese. He moved to Chelmsford diocese and then Sheffield, where he served as Vice-Dean of Sheffield Cathedral from 2005 to 2009.

Dr Shackerly’s last service at Brecon Cathedral will be choral evensong on 26 April.

 

ATKINS. The Revd Benedict Atkins, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Whitehawk (Chichester).

BARRACLOUGH. The Revd Hannah Barraclough, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, with Walton Cardiff and Twyning (Gloucester).

BODEKER. The Revd Mark Bodeker, Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of All Saints’, Didcot (Oxford).

COOPER. The Revd Nicholas Cooper, Vicar of Frindsbury with Upnor and Chattenden, and Area Dean of Strood (Rochester).

ENGLISH. The Revd Dana English, NS Assistant Curate of St George the Martyr and St John the Baptist, Holland Park (London).

FRASER. The Revd Jeremy Fraser, Priest-in-Charge of Forest Gate, and Barking Episcopal Area Housing Adviser (Chelmsford).

GANT. The Revd Russell Gant, Team Rector in the Sole Bay Team Ministry (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

GILL. The Revd David Gill, Rector of Abenhall with Mitcheldean, and Assistant Curate of Westbury-on-Severn with Flaxley, Blaisdon and Minsterworth, and Hon. Canon of Gloucester Cathedral (Gloucester).

HEGG. The Revd Christopher Hegg, Assistant Curate of St Mary Magdalene’s and St Paul’s, Clitheroe, Chatburn and Downham (Blackburn).

HILLMAN. The Revd Katherine Hillman, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Windlesham (Guildford).

MYRES. The Revd Peter Myres, Team Vicar in the Canford Magna Team Ministry (Salisbury): February.

STRATHIE. The Revd Duncan Strathie, Rector of St Kessog’s, Auchterarder, and of St James’s, Muthill (St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane).

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