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Deaths

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06 February 2026

BROGGIO. — On 23 January, the Revd Bernice Muriel Croager Broggio: Deaconess of St Paul with St Barnabas, Bristol (1984-87); Hon. Parish Deacon (1987-88); Assistant Curate of Charlton (1988-95); Vicar of Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting (1995-2003); Hon. Canon of Southwark Cathedral (1995-2003); Rural Dean of Tooting (1996-2002); Team Vicar in the Bensham Team Ministry (2003-05); aged 90.

BUCKLEY. — On 18 January, the Revd Catherine Anne Buckley: OLM of Walton-on-Trent with Croxall, Rosliston with Linton and Castle Gresley (2017-22); Hartshorne and Bretby (2017-19); Stapenhill (2017-22); Swadlincote (2017-19); Swadlincote and Hartshorne (2020-22).

CUTTER. — On 21 January, the Revd John Douglas Cutter: Assistant Curate of Rugeley (1962-65); Vicar of Rocester (1965-73); St Giles’s, Shrewsbury (1973-83); Rector of Yoxall (1983-91); Dean’s Vicar of Lichfield Cathedral (1983-91); Hon. Chaplain of Winchester Cathedral since 1998; aged 94.

GARRETT. — On 30 January, the Revd Christopher Hugh Ahlan Garrett: Assistant Curate of St Mildred’s, Addiscombe (1975-81); Vicar of St Jude with St Aidan, Thornton Heath (1991-2000); aged 90.

HOWMAN. — The Revd Anne Louise Howman: NSM of St David’s and St Michael and all Angels, Exeter (1999-2002); Assistant Curate of Salcombe and Malborough with South Huish (2002-07); aged 82.

WILSON. — On 22 January, the Revd Mervyn Raynold Alwyn Wilson: Assistant Curate of King’s Norton (1962-63); Perpetual Curate of St Bernard’s, Hamstead (1963-69); Rector of Bermondsey (1969-78); Bulwick and Blatherwycke with Harringworth and Laxton (1978-2003); aged 92.

WOODS. — On 15 January, the Very Revd Alan Geoffrey Woods: Bristol Diocesan Youth Chaplain for Swindon (1973-76); Warden of Legge House, Wroughton (1973-76); Priest-in-Charge of Neston (1976-79); Team Vicar in the Greater Corsham Team Ministry (1979-81); Chaplain to the Forces (Territorial Army) (1980-94); Priest-in-Charge of Charminster (1981-83); Vicar of Charminster and Stinsford (1983-90); Rural Dean of Dorchester (1985-90); Chaplain of Dorchester Hospitals (1986-87); Chaplain of St Mary’s School, Calne (1990-96); Vicar of Calne and Blackland (1990-96); Rural Dean of Calne (1990-96); Canon and Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral (1992-96); Senior Chaplain in Malta and Gozo (1996-2003); Chancellor of St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Valletta (1996-2003); Vicar-General to the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe (2003-05); Dean of Gibraltar (2003-08); Archdeacon (2005-08); Priest-in-Charge of St George’s, Málaga, Spain (2006-07); Salisbury Diocesan Retirement Officer (2010-16); aged 83.

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