A look back at the comings and goings of clergy in our diocese from July to September.
Cartoon courtesy of Dave Walker, cartoonchurch.com. We trust our clergy come prepared!
July
The Revd Nicholas Weldon was appointed Vicar, Marcham with Garford; the Revd Hannah Higginson was appointed Rector, Wokingham All Saints; the Revd Canon John Cook retired from the post of Vicar, Wargrave with Knowl Hill; the Revd April Beckerleg retired from the post of Vicar, Earley St Nicolas; the Revd David Walker resigned from the post of Vicar, Reading Greyfriars to become Work Champion at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity; the Revd Anupama Hansell was appointed Associate Minister, Tilehurst St George and St Mary Magdalen; the Revd Phyllis Sopp was appointed Associate Minister, Maidenhead St Luke; the Revd Canon Wealands Bell was appointed Rector, Appleton with Besselsleigh; the Revd Dr Andrew Krauss moved to Germany from his post of Team Vicar, Cottesloe; the Revd David Wales retired from the post of Rector, Weston Turville; the Revd Dafydd Meirion-Jones was appointed Priest in Charge, Penn Street with Holmer Green; the Revd Oyin Oladipo was appointed Vicar, Southcourt; the Revd Simon Russell completed his post of Curate, High Wycombe and was appointed Associate Vicar, St Mary’s, Reigate; the Revd Patrick Samuels was appointed Priest in Charge, Horton and Wraysbury and Colnbrook; the Revd Stephen Coe was appointed Vicar of the new benefice of Wootton and Shippon in addition to his role as Associate Minister, Marcham with Garford; the Revd Dr Chris Dingwall-Jones was appointed Team Vicar, Witney; the Revd Ian Howard retired from his post of Team Vicar, Brize Norton with Carterton and Black Bourton; the Revd Capt Paul Niemiec was appointed Priest in Charge, Highfield; the Revd Canon Dennis Stamps was appointed Associate Minister, Shill Valley and Broadshire; the Revd Andrew Tweedy retired from his post of Team Rector, Brize Norton with Carterton and Black Bourton; the Revd Miles Welborn completed his post of Curate, Bampton with Clanfield to become Rector of the Lyn Valley Mission Community, Diocese of Exeter.
We were sad to hear of the death of the Revd Melvyn Bleakley.
August
The Revd Catherine Schneider was appointed Priest in Charge, Fyfield with Tubney and Kingston Bagpuize; the Revd Canon Richard Lamey resigned from the post of Rector, St Paul's Wokingham, and Area Dean of Sonning to be appointed Director of Mission and Ministry in the Diocese of Norwich; the Revd Kirstie Dolphin retired from the post of Associate Minister, Reading St Matthew; the Revd Mark Dolphin retired from the post of Vicar, Reading St Matthew; the Revd Edward Lautenbach retired from the post of Team Rector, Hermitage Team Ministry; the Revd Rebecca Medlicott was appointed School Chaplain, Shiplake College; the Revd Andrew North was appointed Chaplain to the Army Foundation College, Harrogate in the Diocese of Leeds; the Revd Dr Andrew Krauss resigned from the post of Team Vicar, Cottesloe; the Revd Katherine Long was appointed Team Vicar, Watling Valley; the Revd Peter Landry moved from his curacy in Bletchley to Australia; the Revd Emily Robottom-Scott was appointed Rector, Wykeham; the Revd James Whymark was appointed Associate Minister, North Abingdon; the Revd Barry Hanson was appointed Associate Minister, Brize Norton with Carterton and Black Bourton; the Revd Ann Cogle completed her curacy and took up the post of Associate Minister, St Godwald’s in the Diocese of Worcester.
We were sad to hear of the death of the Revd David Meakin, Team Rector, Schorne and Area Dean, Claydon.
September
The Revd Richard Eves completed his curacy at Wargrave with Knowl Hill and began a Masters in Theology at Oak Hill College; the Revd Duncan Carter was appointed Associate Minister, Henley-on-Thames; the Revd Teresa Stewart-Sykes resigned from the post of Team Vicar, Dorchester to be appointed Team Vicar in the Diocese of Salisbury; the Revd Angela Mann retired from the post of Team Vicar, The Claydons and Swan Benefice; the Revd Prof Mark Chapman retired from the post of Associate Minister, Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath; the Revd Sarah Sharp was appointed Vicar, Wychwood; the Revd Simon Eves was appointed Curate, Newbury St Nicholas and Speen St Mary; the Revd Esther Lay was appointed Rector, Wootton with Glympton and Kiddington; the Revd Samuel Brewster was appointed Vicar, Holy Trinity, Henley-on-Thames; the Revd Paul Stanaway was appointed Chaplain, Wycombe Abbey School; the Revd Timothy Adams was appointed Curate, Burford with Fulbrook, Taynton, Asthall, Swinbrook and Widford; the Revd Mark Gould was appointed Vicar, Ruscombe and Twyford; the Revd Andrew Kearns was appointed Rector, Arborfield and Barkham; the Revd Iain Lingwood was appointed Associate Minister, Arborfield and Barkham; the Revd Terence Winrow resigned from the post of Associate Minister, South Newbury St George, St John and St Michael; the Revd Polly Falconer was appointed Associate Minister, Tilehurst St George and St Mary Magdalen; the Revd Robert Perkins was appointed Curate, St Mary’s, Chesham; the Revd Carole Gooding was appointed Associate Minister, Iver; the Revd Dr Sam Mortimer completed his curacy in Binfield; the Revd Sarah Smith was appointed Associate Minister, Iver; the Revd Tracey Jones was appointed Associate Minister, St Mary and St George, Wycombe; the Revd Chibuzor Okpala was appointed Team Rector, Stantonbury and Willen; the Revd Ruth Harley completed her curacy in Watling Valley and was appointed Vicar, Cowgate and Priest in Charge, Newbiggin Hall in the Diocese of Newcastle; the Revd Paul Oxley was appointed Associate Minister, Wolverton and Area Dean, Milton Keynes; the Revd Dominic Wright was appointed Team Rector, Cottesloe; the Revd Catherine Pearce was appointed Associate Minister, North Buckingham and Stowe; the Revd Martha Weatherill was appointed Vicar, Cowley St John; the Revd Dr Kirsty Borthwick was appointed Chaplain, Christ Church College, Oxford; the Revd Dr Jonny Torrance was appointed Chaplain, Lincoln College, Oxford.
Someone missing from this list? Please note that we do not circulate details of all clergy appointments – just the majority of them.