Last updated 13th December 2019
Clergy Moves and News
APPOINTMENTS IN THE DIOCESE (October 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Post(s) |
Licensing date |
| Rev Sarah Siddique Gill |
Vicar: Blackburn St Stephen and St James |
17th October |
| Rev Philip Chew |
Vicar: Ribby Cum Wrea St Nicholas and Weeton St Michael |
3rd November |
| Rev Mark John Williams |
Rector: The Bowland Benefice |
13th November |
| Rev Joanne Sarah Smith |
Vicar: Euxton |
5th December |
| The Ven David Anthony Picken |
Archdeacon: Lancaster |
TBC |
| Rev Christopher Noel Casey |
Vicar: Holme in Cliviger St John the Devine and Worsthorne St John the Evangelist |
TBC |
| 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 Canon Mark Soady |
Rector: Rufford and Tarleton |
TBC |
MOVES OUT OF THE DIOCESE (October 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current post(s) |
Move to |
Effective date |
| Revd Edward William Christopher Carr |
Curate: Adlington St Paul |
Associate Priest: Holborn St Alban the Martyr |
6th October |
RETIREMENTS (October 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Effective date |
| Revd Jonathan Patrick Milton-Thompson |
Vicar: Blackburn St Andrew Livesey |
31st October |
| Revd Dawn Banks |
Assiciate Priest: The Waterside Parishes |
29th December |
RESIGNATIONS (October 2019 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Date |
| Revd Canon Peter Russell Hapgood-Strickland |
Vicar: Burnley St Andrew and St Margaret and Burnley St James |
31st October |
| Revd David Martyn Rogers |
Vicar: New Longton All Saints |
31st December |
BISHOP'S PERMISSION TO OFFICIATE (October 2019 onwards
| Name |
Deanery |
Effective date |
| Revd Nicholas Finlay |
Kirkham |
October 2019 |
| Revd Kelvin Powell |
Kirkham |
October 2019 |
| Revd Stuart Broughton |
Kirkham |
October 2019 |
| Revd John Squires |
Poulton |
November 2019 |
DEATHS (October 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 |
Clergy Discipline Measure - Penalty Announcement(s)
| Full name |
Penalty |
Date Imposed |
Brief Summary |
| Revd John McGrath |
Prohibition from Ministry for 5 years |
4 November 2020 |
Close and inappropriate relationship with a person not his spouse. Spiritual abuse of a vulnerable person in the instigation of said relationship. |