Last updated 27th January 2020
Clergy Moves and News
APPOINTMENTS IN THE DIOCESE (January 2020 onwards)
| Name |
Post(s) |
Licensing date |
| Rev Timothy Henry Kaye |
Curate (Associate Vicar): Burnley St Andrew with St Margaret and Burnley St James |
19th January |
| The Ven David Anthony Picken |
Archdeacon: Lancaster |
4th February |
| Rev Christopher Noel Casey |
Vicar: Holme in Cliviger St John the Devine and Worsthorne St John the Evangelist |
5th March |
| Rev Shaun Baldwin |
Vicar: Bamber Bridge St Aidan and Walton-le-Dale St Leonard |
18th March |
| Rev Carol Louisa Backhouse |
Vicar: Lancaster Christ Church |
23rd March |
| Rev Canon Mark Soady |
Rector: Rufford and Tarleton |
1st April |
| Rev Adrian Kevin Wolton |
Vicar: Blackpool Christ Church with All Saints |
TBC |
| Rev Susan Fiona Vallente-Kerr |
Vicar: The Benefice of Lancaster St Chad Skerton and the Benefice of Lancaster St Luke Skerton held in plurality |
TBC |
| Rev Lindsay Pearson |
Vicar: Blackpool St Mary Squires Gate and Chaplain: St George's School Blackpool |
TBC |
| Rev Canon David Gibb |
Associate Priest: The Benefice of Over Wyre |
TBC |
MOVES OUT OF THE DIOCESE (December 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current post(s) |
Move to |
Effective date |
RETIREMENTS (December 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Effective date |
| Revd Dawn Banks |
Assiciate Priest: The Waterside Parishes |
29th December |
RESIGNATIONS (December 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Date |
| Revd David Martyn Rogers |
Vicar: New Longton All Saints |
31st December |
BISHOP'S PERMISSION TO OFFICIATE (November 2019 onwards
| Name |
Deanery |
Effective date |
| Revd John Squires |
Poulton |
November 2019 |
| Revd David Allsop |
Accrington |
January 2020 |
DEATHS (December 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Date |
| Revd Iain Hugh Rennie |
Retired with PTO |
17th October |
| Revd Keith Benjamin Ashworth |
Retired with PTO |
9th December |
| Revd Alan Charles George Rawe |
Retired |
18th December |
| Revd Michael Buckley |
Retired with PTO |
17th December |
| Revd Erid Keith Sillis |
Retired |
13th January |
Clergy Discipline Measure - Penalty Announcement(s)
| Full name |
Penalty |
Date Imposed |
Brief Summary |
| Revd John McGrath |
Prohibition from Ministry for 5 years |
4 November 2019 |
Close and inappropriate relationship with a person not his spouse. Spiritual abuse of a vulnerable person in the instigation of said relationship. |