13 March 2012

A panel of a late 14th/early 15th century alabaster reredos depicting the Annunciation was stolen yesterday from a church in Oxfordshire. The reredos is unique in the diocese of Oxford, a very rare example of elaborate but fragile alabaster religious sculpture surviving the Reformation.

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12 March 2012

Dates and Venues for the 2012  Visitations in the Archdeaconries of Oxford, Berkshire and Buckingham are available here

07 March 2012

Bishop Jan-Olof Johannson together with Diocesan Synod member Elsa Jönsson, Diocesan Press Secretary Charlotte Granrot Frenberg and Peter Åström, Rural Dean of Njudung Deanery visited Oxford Diocese over the long weekend 9 to 12 March.

This was the bishop’s first visit to Oxford since his consecration in November 2010.

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01 March 2012

Composer Francis Grier’s new composition in honour of HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will have its broadcast premiere live from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong on Wednesday 7 March (3.30pm).

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