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Appointments

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29 May 2026

ARMSTRONG. The Revd John Armstrong, Rector of Wombwell (Sheffield), to be also Area Dean of Wath.

BARTLETT. The Revd Paul Bartlett, NS Assistant Curate of Great Parndon (Chelmsford), to be Associate Priest.

BOYD. The Revd Hannah Boyd, Vicar of Higher Walton and of Hoghton, to be Vicar of Lostock Hall and Farington Moss (Blackburn),

remaining Area Dean of Leyland.

CANSDALE. The Revd Simon Cansdale, Vicar of Christ Church, Winchester (Winchester), to be Mission Director of the Intercontinental Church Society.

BURSTON. The Revd Stephen Burston, Vicar of St John the Baptist with St Elizabeth, Crawley, and Priest-in-Charge of Three Bridges, and of St Peter’s, West Green (Chichester), to be Associate Vicar of Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington (London).

CAWDELL. The Revd James Cawdell, Assistant Curate of Linthorpe (York), to be Team Vicar in the St George’s Leeds Team Ministry (Leeds).

CAWDELL. The Revd Sarah Cawdell, formerly with the Church Mission Society in Uganda, to be Team Vicar in the Upper Holme Valley Team Ministry (Leeds).

COOK. The Revd Lydia Cook, Team Rector in the Otter Vale Mission Community (Exeter), to be Rector of St Luke’s and Christ Church, Chelsea (London).

DRISCOLL. The Revd Raymond Driscoll, Priest-in-Charge in the Gosport Team Ministry, now also Assistant Area Dean of Gosport (Portsmouth) (diocesan correction).

ELLIN. The Revd James Ellin, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of St Nicholas’s, All Saints’ and St Helen’s, Worcester, to be Team Vicar and Renewal Lead in the Saltway Team Ministry (Droitwich, and Sawlwarpe and Hindlip with Martin Hussingtree) (Worcester).

FLEMING. The Revd Gary Fleming, Vicar of Clavering with Langley, Arkesden, Wicken Bonhunt, Manuden and Berden (Chelmsford), now also Area Dean of Saffron Waldon.

FRANKLIN. The Revd Dr Jamie Franklin, Priest-in-Charge of Holy Trinity, Winchester (Winchester), to be Rector.

GROVE. The Revd Elliot Grove, Assistant Curate of the Pastrow Benefice, now Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of Winklebury and Worting (Winchester).

HEGAN. The Revd Duncan Hegan, Assistant Curate of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn, with St Peter’s, Saffron Hill, to be Priest-in-Charge of St Mark’s, Noel Park (London).

JONES. The Revd Hannah Jones, Assistant Curate of St George’s, Leeds, to be Vicar of Swarcliffe and Whinmoor (Leeds).

JONES. The Revd Jo-Anne Jones, NS Assistant Curate of St Peter’s and Holy Trinity, Leeds City, to be Assistant Curate in the Abbeylands Team Ministry (Leeds), remaining Chaplain of St Hild College.

KEAN. The Revd Robert Kean, Chaplain of St Vin­cent’s, Algarve, Portugal (Europe), to be Rector of Somersham with Pidley and Oldhurst and Woodhurst (Ely).

LEBRATO. The Revd Angelo Lebrato, NS Assistant Curate of West Ealing, to be Associate Vicar (London).

MALLORD. The Revd Emma Mallord, Assistant Curate of Littleover and Blagreaves, and of Findern (Derby), to be Vicar of Stockingford (Coventry).

MILLS. The Revd Dr Ian Mills, Rector of Chew Valley West and Area Dean of Chew Magna, to be Rector of Bath Abbey (Bath & Wells).

MUGHAL. The Revd Dominic Mughal, Team Vicar in the Seacroft Team Ministry (Leeds), now Associate Priest.

PATRICK. The Revd Andrew Patrick, Oversight Minister and Priest-in-Charge of Dore (Sheffield), to be also Area Dean of Eccleshall.

POTTER. The Revd Graham Potter, Strategy Enabler for Middlesbrough, to be NS Assistant Curate of Marton-in-Cleveland with Easterside, remaining Area Dean of Middlesbrough, and Hon. Canon and Prebendary of York Minster (York).

SIMPSON. The Revd Lauren Simpson, Assistant Curate of Lady Bay with Holme Pierrepont and Adbolton, to be Rector of Wiverton in the Vale (Southwell & Nottingham).

STAYTE. The Revd Samantha Stayte, Priest-in-Charge of Cockington, and Exeter Diocesan Dean of Women in Ministry, to be Associate Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Vocations Development Officer (Exeter).

SWIFT. The Revd Jessica Swift, Vicar of St Ann’s, South Tottenham, and Edmonton Area Dean of Women’s Ministry, now also Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church with St Peter, West Green (London).

THOMAS. The Revd Natasha Thomas, Assistant Curate of St Paul’s, Shipley, and of Christ Church, Windhill (Leeds), to be Interim Priest-in-Charge, remaining Interim Priest-in-Charge of St Peter’s, Shipley.

WALSH. The Revd Simon Walsh, formerly NS Assistant Curate of St Augustine with St John, Kilburn, to be Vicar of Stroud Green (London).

WILDE. The Revd Janine Wilde, Assistant Curate of West with East Mersea, Peldon, Great and Little Wigborough (Chelmsford), to be Priest-in-Charge.

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