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Appointments

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08 May 2026

ASTIN. The Revd Dr Timothy Astin, formerly Vicar of Tadworth (Southwark), to be Rector of Silverton, Butterleigh, Bickleigh and Cadeleigh (Exeter).

BARTHOLOMEW. The Revd Janice Bartholomew, NS Assistant Curate of Weald Way, to be NS Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Seaford with Sutton (Chichester).

BUTCHER. The Revd Dawn Butcher, Vicar of Warley and Great Warley (Chelmsford), to be also Area Dean of Brentwood.

FELLOWS. The Revd Simon Fellows, Assistant Curate of the Holy Trinity and St Paul’s Team Ministry, Cheltenham, now Minister of the Cooper’s Edge Mission Initiative (Bishop’s Mission Order) (Gloucester).

FOSTER. The Revd Marianne Foster, Priest-in-Charge of St Luke’s, Stanmore, to be Vicar, remaining Hon. Canon of Winchester Cathedral (Winchester).

FURLONG. The Revd Daniel Furlong, Assistant Curate of Clayton, Allerton, Fairweather Green, and Thornton, to be Team Rector in the Harden, Wilsden, Cullingworth and Denholme Team Ministry (Leeds).

HEATHFIELD. The Ven. Simon Heathfield, formerly Archdeacon of Aston (Birmingham), then Chaplain of the Mission to Seafarers, Milford Haven (St Davids), now Rector of St Peter’s, Rushden (Peterborough).

HEATON. The Revd Daniel Heaton, Assistant Curate of Horbury with Horbury Bridge (Leeds), to be Team Rector in the Staveley and Barrow Hill Team Ministry (Derby).

LANE. The Revd Dr Rosalind Lane, of Heart and Soul Manager and Senior Chaplain of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (Ely), to be Rector of Brancepeth (Durham).

LLEWELLYN-MacDUFF. The Revd Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff, Dean’s Vicar of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (Dublin & Glendalough), to be Vicar of All Saints and St Philip’s with St Stephen Tovil, Maidstone, (Canterbury).

LONGE. The Revd David Longe, Rector of the Matlaske Benefice, Rural Dean of Holt, and Assistant Rural Dean of Repps (Norwich), to be also Rural Dean of Burnham & Walsingham.

MACKLEY. The Revd Dr Robert Mackley, Vicar of St Mary the Less, Cambridge, and Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral, to be Canon Pastor of Ely Cathedral (Ely).

MARSH. The Revd Deborah Marsh, Team Vicar in the Oakham Team Min­­istry (Peterborough), to be Assistant Curate (Assistant Priest) of St John the Evangelist, Hyde Park Crescent, with St Michael and All Angels, Pad­ding­ton (London).

MATTHEWS. The Revd Sarah Matthews, Assistant Curate of Holy Trinity with St Gabriel and St Lawrence and St Jude (Easton Christian Family Centre), Easton (Bristol), to be Vicar of St Andrew’s, Walthamstow (Chelmsford).

PARISH. The Revd Nicholas Parish, NS Assistant Curate of Aston on Trent, Elvaston, Weston On Trent and Shardlow, Barrow Upon Trent With Twyford and Swarkestone, to now Chaplain of Repton School (Derby).

PENFOLD. The Revd Kizzy Penfold, Assistant Curate of Westfield and Guestling, and of Fairlight and Pett (Chichester), to be Associate Vicar of Girlington, Heaton and Manningham (Leeds).

SMALLWOOD. The Revd Nicola Smallwood, NS Assistant Priest of the Bright Waters Benefice (Winchester), to be Vicar.

TAYLOR. The Revd Susan Taylor, Rector of Debenham and Helmingham, and Hon. Canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, now also Rural Dean of Loes (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).

THROUP. The Revd Dr Marcus Throup, Director of St Mellitus College (London), to be also Associate Priest of St Barnabas’s, Winchester (Winchester).

WHEELER. The Revd Richenda Wheeler, Chaplain of Hartpury College, to be Chaplain of the University of Gloucester (Gloucester).

WILLIAMS. The Revd Alison Williams, Assistant Curate (Associate Vicar) of Werrington, and Pioneer and Planting Vocations Champion, to be Interim Priest-in-Charge of Aldwincle, Clopton, Pilton, Stoke Doyle, Thorpe Achurch, Titchmarsh and Wadenhoe (Peterborough).

YATES. The Revd Mark Yates, formerly in the diocese of Perth, Western Australia, to be Assistant Curate of St Peter, Chorley, and St Laurence, Chorley (Blackburn).

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