Diocese of Ely

News from the diocese of Ely. The diocese of Ely covers most of Cambridgeshire, the western quarter of Norfolk, and a small part of Bedfordshire.

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Archdeacon of Surry to become Bishop of Dorking; Unfreeze housing benefits, says Salvation Army; First Bishop of Islington recalled in Godmanchester; Founder of Pentecostal Credit Union dies; Worcester already thinking about Christmas trees

28 Jul 2023

Permission granted to rebury body of RC man who took his own life in 1988

THE Consistory Court of Ely diocese has granted permission for the exhumation and reburial of a body which was buried in 1988 in a Church of England churchyard — although the family of the deceased was Roman Catholic — when the RC Church would not perform the burial

10 Mar 2023

Tributes paid to Canon Anna Matthews, who has died, aged 44

THE Vicar of St Bene’t’s, Cambridge, Canon Anna Matthews, has died suddenly, the diocese of Ely announced on Wednesday night. On Sunday (12 March), it was confirmed that she had taken her own life

09 Mar 2023

Dorchester church granted faculty to remove memorial to slave owner

09 Sep 2022

Reform Church’s legal system to prevent further racial injustice, Boateng Commission urges

29 Jun 2022

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10 Jun 2022

Jesus College will not appeal against Rustat judgment

12 Apr 2022

Jesus Christ forgave Tobias Rustat, judge argues, and so must Jesus College

23 Mar 2022

Archbishop Welby under fire for comments about ongoing consistory-court case

18 Feb 2022

Rare medieval thatched church in Norfolk destroyed by fire weeks before repairs completed

11 Feb 2022

Court to decide fate of Jesus College memorial to Tobias Rustat, slave-trade investor

25 Jan 2022

Parish’s £18.5-million legacy funds music and mission

20 Aug 2021

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UK news in brief

Permission granted to rebury body of RC man who took his own life in 1988

Tributes paid to Canon Anna Matthews, who has died, aged 44

Dorchester church granted faculty to remove memorial to slave owner

Reform Church’s legal system to prevent further racial injustice, Boateng Commission urges

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Jesus College will not appeal against Rustat judgment

Jesus Christ forgave Tobias Rustat, judge argues, and so must Jesus College

Archbishop Welby under fire for comments about ongoing consistory-court case

Rare medieval thatched church in Norfolk destroyed by fire weeks before repairs completed

Court to decide fate of Jesus College memorial to Tobias Rustat, slave-trade investor

Parish’s £18.5-million legacy funds music and mission

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BBC departs in peace after climate protesters disrupt Chichester evensong

Andy Croft cleared to return to ministry, but resigns as Soul Survivor’s pastor

People, look East . . .

Exhaustion, hurt — and resignation after Synod same-sex debate

Don’t bother with a funeral for me, say majority of poll respondents

General Synod agrees to trial services for same-sex couples after marathon debate

Do you want me to resign over same-sex blessings, Archbishop Welby asks conservatives

BBC departs in peace after climate protesters disrupt Chichester evensong

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