A look back at the comings and goings of clergy in our diocese over the last four months.
Cartoon courtesy of Dave Walker, cartoonchurch.com. We trust our clergy come prepared!
July
The Revd David Nyirongo was appointed Community Missioner, New Hope Community Church, (Greyfriars, Reading); The Revd Katherine Price was appointed Vicar, Wantage; The Revd Mike Madden was appointed Associate Rector, Hanborough and Freeland; The Revd James Grainger-Smith was appointed Vicar, Ivinghoe with Pitstone, Slapton and Marsworth; The Revd Dr John Bellamy retired from the post of Vicar, Great Faringdon with Little Coxwell; The Revd Anna Harwood left her post as Vicar, Ruscombe and Twyford with Hurst to become Vicar, Taff Wenallt Ministry Area, Church in Wales; The Revd Mark Hopkins was appointed Rector, Pangbourne with Tidmarsh and Sulham; The Revd Andrea Colbrook was appointed Rector, House for Duty, Ducklington with Hardwick; The Revd Michael Bisset retired from the post of Vicar, Penn and Tylers Green; The Revd Susie Templeton was appointed Associate Minister, Woodley St John the Evangelist; The Revd Dr Stephen O’Connor was appointed Associate Minister, St Giles, St Philip and St James with St Margaret; The Revd Ross Northing resigned from the post of Rector, Stony Stratford with Culverton; The Revd Dr Phillip Tovey retired from the post of Warden of Readers and was appointed Canon Emeritus; The Revd Judith Hattaway resigned from the post of Associate Minister, Wokingham St Paul.
We were sad to hear of the death of The Revd Timothy Mullins, Chaplain, Stowe School.
August
The Revd Dr Philip Hobday was appointed Canon Missioner at Wakefield Cathedral; The Revd Hannah Hobday was appointed Priest in Charge, St Mary the Virgin, Horbury Junction and St Luke, Middlestown with St Andrew, Netherton in the Diocese of Leeds; The Revd Colin Hartley resigned from the post of Vicar of Southcourt; The Revd Samantha Watts was appointed Associate Minister, Great Marlow with Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham; The Revd Graham Watts was appointed Full time Team Vicar, Great Marlow with Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham; The Revd Thomas Fink Jensen was appointed Priest in Charge, South with New Hinksey; The Revd Isaac Knight was appointed Associate Rector, St Mungo's Balerno and Livingston (Scottish Episcopal Church); The Revd Alice Watson was appointed Chaplain, Queen’s College, Oxford; The Revd David Talks resigned from the post of Associate Minister, Newton Longville, Mursley, Swanbourne, Little Horwood and Drayton Parslow; The Revd Susan Webster resigned from the post of Team Vicar, Hermitage Team Ministry; The Revd Annette Shannon was appointed Rector, Walbury Beacon.
September
The Revd Christopher Ashton was appointed Chaplain of Cothill School, Abingdon; The Revd Robin Sharples was appointed Rector, Bracknell Holy Trinity; The Revd Julia Myles was appinted Rector, Englefield St Mark; The Venerable Elizabeth Jackson was appointed Associate Archdeacon of Berkshire; The Revd Edward Lees-Millais was appointed Team Vicar, Emmanuel, Great Chesham; The Revd Suzanne Johnson was appointed Vicar, Manor Park St John the Baptist and Whitby Road St Michael; The Revd Hugh Ellis resigned from the post of Team Rector, High Wycombe and Area Dean, Wycombe; The Revd Jeremy Carr was appointed Associate Minister, Chalfont St Giles, Seer Green and Jordans; The Revd John Smith was appointed Associate Minister, Great Marlow with Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham; The Revd Hilary Campbell retired from the post of Vicar, Shires' Edge, and Associate Area Dean, Deddington; The Revd Guy Edwards was appointed Vicar, Ironstone; The Revd Robert Glenny was appointed Associate Area Dean, Abingdon; The Revd Andrew McCulloch was appointed Team Vicar, Thame; The Revd Canon Dr Sally Welch was appointed Diocesan Canon of Christ Church; The Venerable Judy French retired from the post of Archdeacon of Dorchester; The Revd Heather Leppard was appointed Anglican Chaplain to Brookes University; The Revd Linda Smith retired from the post of Team Vicar, Langtree.
We were sad to hear of the deaths of The Revd Michael Greig and The Revd Robert Willmott.
October
The Revd Jenny Ellis resigned from the post of Associate Minister, West Wycombe with Bledlow Ridge, Bradenham and Radnage; The Revd Nigel Beer was appointed Team Rector, Loddon Reach; The Revd Laura Wheatley Downs was appointed Vicar, Crowthorne; The Revd Canon Richard Lamey was appointed Acting Assistant Archdeacon of Berkshire; The Revd Michael Smith was appointed Area Dean of Reading; The Revd Rachel Ross Smith was appointed Associate Minister, Caversham Thameside and Mapledurham; The Revd Dr Simon Thorn was appointed Hospital Chaplain at West Berkshire NHS Trust; The Revd Yvonne Mullins was appointed Rector, Newton Longville, Mursley, Swanbourne, Little Horwood and Drayton Parslow; The Revd Colin Gibson retired from the post of Vicar, Horton and Wraysbury; The Revd Dr Nikolaj Christensen was appointed Rector, Wantage Downs; The Revd Margaret Heywood retired from the post of Associate Minister, Damascus; The Revd Helen Kendrick was appointed Acting Assistant Archdeacon of Dorchester; The Revd Canon James Mynors retired from the post of Associate Minister, Cherbury with Gainfield; The Revd Canon David Tyler was appointed Acting Archdeacon of Dorchester; The Revd Toby Wright was appointed Acting Assistant Archdeacon of Dorchester; The Revd Peter Wright was appointed Team Rector, Bicester with Bucknell, Caversfield and Launton.
We were sad to hear of the death of The Revd Canon Simon Weeden.
Someone missing from this list?
Please note that we do not circulate details of all clergy appointments – just the majority of them.