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!
April
The Revd Graeme Arthur was appointed Associate Area Dean, Deddington; The Revd Rebecca Amoroso was appointed Chaplain, Broadmoor Hospital; The Revd Andrew Pritchard-Keens retired from the post of Rector, Olney; The Revd Nick Fielden was appointed Vicar, Deddington with Barford, Clifton and Hempton; The Revd Stephen Newbold was appointed Vicar, Bucklebury and Priest in Charge of Bradfield and Standford Dingley; The Revd Carol Cooper was appointed Associate Minister, All Saints, Bisham; The Revd Adrian Manning was appointed Associate Minister, Hedsor; The Revd Chris Gaynor was appointed Associate Area Dean, Deddington; The Revd Margot Hodson retired from the post of Associate Minister, Shill Valley and Broadshire; The Revd Mark Hay was appointed Rector, Oxford St Clement’s; The Revd Clare Hayns was appointed Vicar, Iffley; The Revd Susan Spankie was appointed Associate Minister, Yarnton with Begbroke and Shipton-on-Cherwell; The Revd Vincent Perricone resigned from the post of Hospice Chaplain to Sue Ryder Hospice, Reading; The Revd Stephen Cousins resigned from the post of Associate Minister, Benson with Ewelme; The Revd Vusumuzi Mabuza resigned from the post of Associate Minister, Sunninghill and South Ascot.
We were sad to hear of the deaths of The Revd Norman Thorp and The Revd John Hedges.
May
The Revd Mark Ainsworth was appointed Rector, Nettlebed with Bix, Highmoor, Pishill and Rotherfield Greys; The Revd Hugh Balfour was appointed Associate Minister, Nettlebed with Bix, Highmoor, Pishill and Rotherfield Greys; The Revd Mark Nam was appointed Vicar, Woodley St John the Evangelist; The Revd John Toogood was appointed Area Dean of Newbury; The Revd William McDowell resigned from the post of Associate Minister, East Downland; The Revd Andrew Wickens was appointed Team Vicar, Upton cum Chalvey (P/T) and School Chaplain, Slough and Eton Business College; The Revd Andrew Montgomerie retired from the post of Rector, Iver Heath; The Revd Philip White retired from the post of Vicar, Brougton; The Revd Chuks Iwuagwu retired from the post of Team Vicar, Stantonbury and Willen; The Revd John Robson resigned from the post of Team Rector, Cottesloe to become Priest in Charge, Fairfield, Peak Forest and Dove Holes in the Diocese of Derby; The Revd Canon Joanna Collicut-McGrath retired from the post of Associate Minister, Witney; The Revd Nigel Hawkes retired from the posts of Vicar, Albury with Tiddington, Holton, Waterperry, Waterstock and Wheatley and Associate Area Dean, Aston and Cuddesdon; The Revd Lucy Thirtle retired from the post of Associate Minister, The Ray Valley.
We were sad to hear of the deaths of The Revd Graeme Lynch-Watson and The Revd James Turner.
June
The Revd Andrew Storch was appointed Rector, Hambleden Valley; The Revd Canon Toby Wright resigned from the post of Team Rector, Witney to be appointed Dean of Wells; The Revd David McLeod resigned from the post of Vicar, Greenham St Mary's and Area Dean of Newbury to be appointed Chaplain, Christ Church, Brittany and Area Dean of North-west France; The Revd David Saunders resigned from the post of Curate, Ascot All Saints to be appointed Rector with oversight of the Bude Coast and Country Benefice in the Diocese of Truro; The Revd Carol Dunk was appointed Associate Minister, Langley Marish; The Revd Jane Lewis resigned from the post of Associate Minister, Reading St Marks and All Saints; The Revd Christopher Hassell was appointed Vicar, St Mary’s, Hitcham; The Revd Alexander Mahlava was appointed Associate Minister, Shelswell; The Revd Gavin Knight was appointed Area Dean, Oxford.
Someone missing from this list? Please note that we do not circulate details of all clergy appointments – just the majority of them.