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Deaths

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22 May 2026

ADAMS. – On 9 May, the Revd Roger Charles Adams: Curate-in-Charge of St Barnabas’s, Uphill (1966-71); Rector of Ramsden Crays (1971-78); South West Area Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society (1978-84); Priest-in-Charge of St Augustine’s, Plymouth (1984-85); Team Vicar of Emmanuel, St Paul Efford, and St Augustine, Plymouth (1985-90); Vicar of Christ Church, Paignton (1990-2001); aged 89.

FAULTLESS. – On 6 May, the Revd Patricia Doreen Faultless: OLM of Glascote and Stonydelph (2005-25); aged 72.

HALLETT. – On 2 April, the Revd Peter Duncan Hallett: Priest-in-Charge of Samlesbury (1980-81); Blackburn Diocesan Assistant Director of Religious Education (1980-2000); Assistant Curate of St Ambrose’s, Leyland (1991-94); Vicar of Lostock Hall (2000-09); Priest in-Charge of Farington Moss (2003-09); Vicar of Lostock Hall and Farington Moss (2009); aged 83.

JOHN. – On 3 April, the Revd Robert Michael John: in New Zealand (1978-87) and from 1988; Assistant Curate of St James’s, Swansea (1987-88); aged 80.

JONES. – On 11 May, the Revd Thomas Glyndwr Jones: Assistant Curate of St Mary’s Islington (1965-69); in the USA since 1969; aged 84.

MELLOR. – On 7 May, the Revd Kenneth Paul Mellor: Vicar of St Mary Magdalene’s, Tilehurst (1980-85); Menheniot (1985-94); Rural Dean of West Wivelshire (1988-96); Hon. Canon of Truro Cathedral (1990-94); Canon Residentiary and Treasurer of Truro Cathedral (1994-2003); Rector of St Peter Port, Priest-in-Charge of Sark, and Dean of Guernsey (2003-14); Hon. Canon of Winchester Cathedral (2003-14); Master of St Nicholas’s Hospital, Salisbury (2016-21); aged 75.

NICHOLSON. – On 13 May, the Revd Rodney Nicholson: Vicar of St Bartholomew’s, Ewood (1978-90); St Paul’s Low Moor, Clitheroe (1990-2014); Priest-in-Charge of Chatburn and Downham (2003-14); Hon. Canon of Blackburn Cathedral (2006-14); aged 80.

RICHARDS. – On 3 May, the Revd John George Richards: Team Vicar of Shirley (1992-96); Priest-in-Charge of Yardley Wood (1996-2000); Vicar (2000-13); aged 78.

YATES. – On 11 April, the Revd William Herbert Yates: Vicar of Porthill (1969-78); Rector of Norton -le-Moors (1978-84); Church Aston (1984-2000): aged 91.

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