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!
October
The Revd Antonia Elliott resigned from the post of Communities Minister, St Eligius, Arborfield Green; the Revd Canon Richard Lamey was appointed Area Dean of Sonning for a further three years; the Revd Suzanne Knight retired from the post of Associate Minister, Reading St Agnes with St Paul and St Barnabas; the Revd Susan Lepp resigned from the post of Priest-in-Charge, Hambleden Valley; the Revd Joanna Gallant was appointed Head of Discipleship and Social Justice for the diocese; the Revd Philip Ritchie resigned from the post of Vicar, Cowley St John; the Revd Suzanne Knight retired from the post of Associate Minister, Reading St Agnes with St Paul and St Barnabas.
We were sad to hear of the deaths of the Revd Ian Ogilvie and the Revd Dr John Reader.
November
The Revd Dr Hugh White retired from the post of Associate Minister, Witney; the Revd Helen Chamberlain resigned from the post of Associate Minister, the Cookhams; the Revd Jacqueline Fountain was appointed Vicar, Tilehurst St Catherine and Calcot St Birinus; the Revd Rose Jones was appointed Vicar, Woodley Emmanuel; the Revd Claire Jones was appointed Associate Vicar, Woodley Emmanuel; the Revd Dr David Archer stood down from the post of Area Dean of Bradfield; the Revd Grant Fensome was appointed Area Dean of Bradfield in addition to being Vicar of Basildon with Aldworth and Ashampstead; the Revd Dr David Atallah was appointed Vicar, White Waltham in the Diocese of Oxford; the Revd Anthony Searle was appointed Team Rector, All Saints, High Wycombe; the Revd Rosamunde Roberts retired from the posts of Vicar, Lenborough and Area Dean of Buckingham; the Revd Patrick Mabhunu was appointed Associate Minister, Shrivenham and Ashbury.
December
The Revd Andrew Storch was appointed Priest in Charge, Hambleden Valley; the Revd Brian Jones retired from the post of Associate Minister, Greenham; the Revd David Nyirongo resigned from the post of Associate Minister, New Hope Community Church, Reading; the Revd Janet Minkkinen retired from the post of Vicar, Burnham; the Revd Neil McCathie retired from the post of Vicar, Britwell; the Revd Canon Linda Church was appointed Associate Minister, Newton Longville, Mursley, Swanbourne, Little Horwood and Drayton Parslow; the Revd Dr Andrew Lord was appointed Rector, All Saints, Didcot; the Revd Hannah Reynolds was appointed Vicar, St Peter’s, Didcot.
Someone missing from this list? Please note that we do not circulate details of all clergy appointments – just the majority of them.