A look back at the comings and goings of clergy in our diocese over the last three months.
Cartoon courtesy of Dave Walker, cartoonchurch.com. We trust our clergy come prepared!
July
The Revd Laura Wheatley Downs was appointed Associate Area Dean of Sonning; The Revd Ann Goldthorpe retired from the post of Vicar, Deddington with Barford, Clifton and Hempton; The Revd Preb Jane Haslam was appointed Associate Archdeacon of Dorchester; The Revd Dr Alistair Stewart resigned from the post of Team Vicar, Upton cum Chalvey to become Senior Lecturer at Codrington College, Barbados; The Revd Eddie Marquez retired from the post of Vicar, Woodley St John the Evangelist; The Revd Charles Mason retired from the post of Vicar, Waltham St Lawrence and Shottesbrooke; The Revd David Benskin was appointed Team Vicar, Langtree; The Revd Neil Bowler resigned from the post of Rector, Wykeham to become Rector of Bridlington Priory; The Revd Phillip Parker retired from the post of Rector, Appleton with Besselsleigh; The Revd James Talbot resigned from the post of Pioneer Minister, Kingsbrook; The Revd Canon David Hodgson retired from the post of Rector, Wokingham All Saints; The Revd Norbert Mutuku retired from the post of Team Vicar, Risborough; The Revd Canon Prof Sarah Foot was appointed Dean of Christ Church Cathedral.
August
The Revd Nicholas Baker was appointed Chaplain to Shiplake College; The Revd Gareth Morley was appointed Rector, Easthampstead; The Revd Adam Curtis was appointed Associate Minister, Maidenhead St Andrew and St Mary Magdalene; The Revd Claire Browes was appointed Associate Minister, Oxford St Giles and St Margaret; The Revd Nicholas Weldon was appointed Associate Area Dean, Abingdon.
September
The Revd Matthew White was appointed Associate Minister, Chipping Norton; The Revd Barry Hanson was appointed Associate Minister, Brize Norton with Carterton and Black Bourton; The Revd Sarah Fenby was appointed Vicar, Shires Edge; The Revd James Forward completed his curacy at Gerrards Cross with Fulmer to become Rector, Alford and Loxwood, Diocese of Guildford; The Revd Lucy Fyfe-Jamieson was appointed Team Vicar, Beaconsfield; The Revd Sharon Grenham-Thompson resigned her post of Team Vicar, The Watling Valley Ecumenical Partnership to become Rector, Rattlesden, Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; The Revd Fiona Ellingham was appointed Team Vicar, Great Marlow with Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham; The Revd Susan Templeton resigned her post of Associate Minister, Woodley St John to be licensed as a Rural Pioneer Priest in Truro.
Someone missing from this list? Please note that we do not circulate details of all clergy appointments – just the majority of them.