Clergy Comings and Goings

Steven Buckley A look back at clergy comings and goings in our diocese from February to October 2020On 4 October, Bishop Colin laid down his crozier to mark his last day as Bishop of Dorchester. February 2020 The Revd Stephen Pullin was appointed Archdeacon of Berkshire; The Revd Andrew Parry was appointed Rector, Wexham Benefice; The Revd Adrian Manning resigned from the post of Vicar of Ivinghoe with Pitstone, Slapton and Marsworth; The Revd William Durant was appointed Area Dean of Wantage; The Revd Canon David Tyler was appointed Associate Archdeacon, Dorchester Archdeaconry; The Revd Canon John Blair was appointed Team Vicar, Langtree Benefice; The Revd Terence Winrow resigned from the post of Associate Area Dean of Newbury; The Revd Priscilla Slusar resigned from the post of Rector, Bernwode Benefice; The Revd Philip Derbyshire resigned from the post of Team Rector, Cottesloe Benefice. We were sad to hear of the death of The Revd Rosemary Payne.

; March 2020 The Revd Chloe Willson-Thomas was appointed Rector, United Benefice of Farnham Royal with Hedgerley; The Revd James Cocke retired from the post of Vicar, All Saints, Highfield in the Diocese of Oxford; The Revd Dr John Reader retired from the post of Rector, Ironstone in the Diocese of Oxford; The Revd Kirstie Dolphin was appointed Part-time Interim Priest in Charge, St Agnes with St Paul and St Barnabas. We were sad to hear of the deaths of The Revd Vernon Ball and The Revd Timothy Perry.

; April 2020 The Revd Nigel Richards was appointed Vicar, St Margaret's, Streatley (and Keech Hospice Chaplain) in the Diocese of St Albans; The Revd Adrian Stark-Ordish was appointed Chaplain, Wellington College, Crowthorne; The Revd Meg Kirby retired from the post of Associate Minster, Hermitage Team Ministry; The Revd Mark Bennet stood down from the post of Area Dean of Newbury; The Revd David McLeod was appointed Area Dean, Newbury; The Revd Philip Price was appointed Curate, St Catherine of Siena, Tilehurst; The Revd Canon Rod Cosh was appointed Lead Chaplain at St Monica Trust, in the Diocese of Bristol; The Revd Ian Howard was appointed Team Vicar, Brize Norton and Carterton; The Revd Nicholas Ktorides was appointed Associate Minister, Akeman Benefice; The Revd Roy Turner retired from the post of Rector, Stonesfield. We were sad to hear of the death of The Revd Canon Kenneth Humphreys. May 2020 The Revd Keith Nicholls retired from the post of Vicar, Benefice of Burchetts Green, Maidenhead; The Revd Julie Howell was appointed Curate of St George and St John, Newbury; The Revd Stephen Southgate was appointed Priest in Charge, Rippendon, Rishworth, Barkisland and West Scammonden in the Diocese of Leeds; The Revd Martin Wallington retired from the post of Vicar, Wooburn Benefice; The Revd Andrew Allen retired from the post of Team Rector, Upton cum Chalvey; The Venerable Jonathan Chaffey was appointed Archdeacon of Oxford.

; June 2020 The Revd Carol Dunk was appointed Associate Vicar, Easthampstead; The Revd Joanna Hurst was appointed Rector, Lower Windrush; The Revd Canon Julie Ramsbottom retired from the post of Rector, Finchampstead and California Benefice; The Revd Howard Robson was appointed Priest in Charge, Cottesloe Benefice (to be Team Rector when the benefice regulations permit); The Revd Dr Allan Barton left his post as Rector, West Wycombe with Bledlow Ridge, Bradenham and Radnage. We were sad to hear of the death of The Revd Canon Graham Foulis Brown. July 2020 Ordinations were postponed because of the COVID regulations, but ordinands became lay workers so they could make a start in their new roles. The Revd Jacqueline Barr was appointed Rector of Chinnor, Sydenham, Aston Rowant & Crowell; The Revd April Beckerleg was appointed Vicar, St Nicolas, Earley; The Revd James Barlow was appointed Rector, Totnes Mission Community in the Diocese of Exeter; The Revd Sarah Eden-Jones was appointed Associate Minister, St John the Evangelist, Reading; The Revd Patrick Mukholi was appointed Associate Minister, Winkfield and Cranbourne; The Revd William McDowell was appointed Associate Minister, East Downland Benefice; The Revd Canon John Edwards retired from the post of Associate Minister, Finchampstead and California; The Revd Dr David Archer was appointed Area Dean, Bradfield as successor to Revd Heather Parbury; The Revd Serena Tajima was appointed Vicar, St Mary's, Banbury; The Revd David Salter was appointed Area Dean, Chipping Norton; The Revd Adam Burnham was appointed Associate Minister, Hanslope and Castlethorpe; The Revd Anthea Beresford was appointed Vicar, Beckley, Forest Hill, Horton-cum-Studley & Stanton St John; The Revd Richard Caddell retired from the post of Rector, Lamp Benefice. August 2020 The Revd Charles Draper retired from the post of Vicar, Wolvercote and Wytham; The Revd Andreas Wenzel was appointed Vice Principal and Director of Pastoral Studies at St Stephen's House, Oxford in the Diocese of Oxford. September 2020 We were delighted to be able to ordain those whose ordinations had been postponed . The Revd Canon Christopher Bull was appointed Associate Archdeacon of Buckingham; The Revd Elizabeth Jackson was appointed Associate Archdeacon of Berkshire; The Revd Peter Matthew was appointed Minister for Family Life, King's Church, Walton-on-Thames; The Revd Heather Parbury retired from our diocese but was appointed Associate Minister, Brailes, Sutton-under-Brailes, Tysoe, Oxhill and Whatcote in the Diocese of Coventry; The Revd Mark Wilson retired from the post of Priest in Charge, Benefice of Walbury Beacon; The Revd Matthew Dietz, Army Chaplain, moved on from his posting at Windsor; The Revd Dr Judith Ryder completed her curacy at Caversham Thameside & Mapledurham; The Revd Caroline Wainman was appointed Team Vicar, Schorne Team; The Revd Jacqueline Dove was appointed Associate Minister, Buckingham; The Revd James Leach was appointed Team Vicar, Langtree Benefice; The Revd Canon Edward Bowes-Smith was appointed Team Rector, Great Chesham; The Revd Phil Parker was appointed Rector, Appleton with Besselsleigh & Chaplain of Cothill School; The Rt Revd Timothy Wambunya was appointed Vicar, St Paul's, Slough; The Revd Stephen Southgate was appointed Priest in Charge, Ripponden, Rishworth, Barkisland and West Scammonden in the Diocese of Leeds; The Revd Michael Reading was appointed Team Rector, Thame. We were sad to hear of the death of Sister Honor Margaret CSMV, of St Mary's Convent, Wantage. October 2020 The Revd Nicholas Hill was appointed Associate Minister, Greyfriars, Reading; The Revd Paul Willis retired from the post of Team Rector, Benefice of Loddon Reach; The Revd Canon Christopher Russell was appointed Full time Advisor on Evangelism and Witness for the Archbishop of Canterbury; The Revd Paula Smith was appointed Rector, Benefice of West Buckingham; The Revd Canon Rachel Carnegie was appointed Associate Minister, Dorchester; The Revd Dr Zachary Guiliano was appointed Chaplain, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; The Revd Paul Wignall was appointed Team Vicar, Dorchester. We were sad to hear of the deaths of The Revd Brian Tetley, The Revd Georgie Simpson and The Venerable Eddie Shirras. Someone missing from this list? Please note that we do not circulate details of all clergy appointments - just the majority of them.

;