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Resignations and retirements

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27 March 2026

ADENEY. The Revd Susan Adeney, NS Assistant Curate of Upton-on-Severn, Ripple, Earls Croome with Hill Croome and Strensham and of Hanley Castle, Hanley Swan and Welland (Worcester).

BARNES. The Revd Joseph Barnes, Assistant Curate of St Luke’s and of St Matthew’s, Hammersmith (London): 2 June.

BREWIS. The Revd Kalantha Brewis, Rector of Hallow and Grimley with Holt and Lower Broadheath, and Area Dean of Worcester: 31 March.

BRITCLIFFE. The Revd Christine Britcliffe, NS Associate Priest of Chilton Moor, Lumley, West Rainton and East Rainton (Durham).

CLEUGH. The Revd David Cleugh, Priest-in-Charge of St Cuthbert’s and St Oswald’s, Hebburn (Durham): 18 April.

COFFEY. The Revd Helen Coffey, Team Rector of the Lowton and Golborne Team Ministry (Liverpool).

DAVIS. The Revd John Davis, Associate Priest of St Michael’s, Huyton (Liverpool).

DICK. The Revd Caroline Dick, Team Rector of the Durham North Team Ministry and Hon. Canon of Durham Cathedral (Durham).

FISHER. The Revd John Fisher, Rector of St Giles’s, Shadforth, and Sherburn, Durham (Durham).

HALL. The Revd Dean Hall, NS Assistant Curate of Tardebigge (Worcester).

HEAP. The Revd David Heap, Vicar of Bare (Blackburn): 29 June.

NELSON. The Revd Christopher Nelson, Vicar of St Mary’s, Penwortham (Blackburn): 8 June.

JEWELL. The Revd Alan Jewell, Vicar of Stretton and Appleton Thorn (Chester).

ROBINSON. The Revd Norma Robinson, NS Associate Minister of Tilston and Shocklach (Chester).

ROBINSON. The Revd Dr Timothy Robinson, Rector of Tilston and Shocklach (Chester).

SALMON. The Revd Philip Salmon, Priest-in-Charge of Pitsmoor and Associate Priest of St Peter’s, Ellesmere, and of St Cuthbert’s, Sheffield, and Area Dean of Ecclesfield (Sheffield): 5 April.

STEBBING. The Revd Christopher Stebbing, Associate Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham (Sheffield): 6 June.

WARD. The Revd Daran Ward, Vicar of Christ Church, Alsager (Chester).

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