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Resignations and retirements

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20 March 2026

BERGQUIST. The Revd Dr Anders Bergquist, Vicar of St John’s Wood (London).

BRAMPTON. The Revd Fiona Brampton, Priest-in-Charge of the North Leightonstone Benefice, and Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral (Ely): 31 August, remaining Chaplain to Little Gidding.

CARTER. The Revd Richard Carter, Associate Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (London).

CHAMBERLIN. The Revd David Chamberlin, Rector of the King’s Beck Benefice and Rural Dean of St Benet at Waxham and Tunstead (Norwich).

COLES. The Revd Sylvia Coles, Hon. Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of Hardingstone, Piddington with Horton and Quinton and Preston Deanery (Peterborough): 31 May.

DOTCHIN. The Revd Andrew Dotchin, Interim Priest-in-Charge of Kesgrave with Little Bealings and Playford, and Hon. Canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich): 31 August.

EJINKONYE. The Revd Sharon Ejinkonye, Assistant Curate in the Grays Thurrock Team Ministry (Chelmsford).

GRIFFITH-JONES. The Revd Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple (London).

HOBBS. The Revd Nicola Hobbs, Rural Dean of Higham, remaining Rector of Broughton with Cransley and Mawsley, and Rural Dean of Kettering (Peterborough).

HULME. The Revd Alan Hulme, Vicar of Rugby West (Coventry): 17 May.

HULME. The Revd Jane Hulme, NS Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Rugby West (Coventry): 17 May.

HURRY. The Revd Lynn Hurry, Vicar of St Mary-at-Latton, Harlow, and Hon. Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral.

KEEP. The Revd Andrew Keep, Vicar of St Margaret Pattens, London (London).

LAMBERT. The Revd William Lambert, Priest-in-Charge in the South West Pembrokeshire Local Ministry Area (St Davids): 7 June.

McNALLY. The Revd Yvonne (Evie) McNally, Assistant Curate of Weston Favell, remaining Chaplain at Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals (Peterborough).

NEAVE. The Revd Garry Neave, Priest-in-Charge of St Mary Magdalene’s, Harlow (Chelmsford).

NICHOLLS. The Revd Janet Nicholls, Hon. Diocesan Rural Adviser and Agricultural Chaplain (Chelmsford): 18 October.

OBEDOZA CABANAYAN. The Revd William Obedoza Cabanayan, Vicar of St Barnabas’s, Woodford (Chelmsford).

PLAYLE. The Revd Merrin Playle, Vicar of St Paul’s, East Ham, and Assistant Area Dean of Newham (Chelmsford): 30 June.

RITCHIE. The Revd Philip Ritchie, Hon. Assistant Curate (Associate Priest) of the Tenpenny Villages, Area Dean of St Osyth, and Colchester Area Mission and Ministry Adviser, and Hon. Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral (Chelmsford): 31 August.

ROGERS. The Revd Benjamin Rogers, Associate Priest of Earlham and Chaplain to the University of East Anglia (Norwich).

SMITH. The Revd Edward Smith, Rural Dean of Oundle, remaining Vicar of King’s Cliffe, Bulwick and Blatherwycke, Collyweston, Easton-on-the-Hill and Laxton (Peterborough).

THOM. The Revd Alastair Thom, Vicar of St Luke’s, West Kilburn, and Emmanuel Church, Harrow Road (London).

VINCENT. The Revd Beverley Vincent, house-for-duty Team Vicar in the Halstead Area Team Ministry (Chelmsford): 4 September.

WALKER. The Revd Richard Walker, Vicar of Yeadon (Leeds): 31 May.

WATSON. The Revd Sarah Watson, Area Dean of Derby City, remaining Priest-in-Charge of Allestree and St Matthew’s, Darley Abbey, of St Nicholas’s, Allestree, and of Quarndon (Derby).

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

WELLS. The Revd Nicholas Wells, Vicar of Lytham (Blackburn): 18 October.

WOODWARD. The Revd Natasha Woodward, Priest-in-Charge of St Mary Magdalene’s and St Peter’s, Paddington (London): 30 June.

 

 

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