Last updated 19th March 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 Lindsay Pearson |
Vicar: Blackpool St Mary Squires Gate and Chaplain: St George's School Blackpool |
11th May |
| Rev Rick Bunday |
Chaplain: HM Prison Service |
21st May |
| 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 |
MOVES OUT OF THE DIOCESE (January 2020 onwards)
| Name |
Current post(s) |
Move to |
Effective date |
RETIREMENTS (January 2020 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Effective date |
| Revd Beverley Jayne Ward |
Vicar: Cleveleys St Andrew |
31st March |
| Revd Ann Rene Wood |
Priest-in-Charge (HfD): Lytham St John the Divine |
30th June |
RESIGNATIONS (January 2020 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Effective Date |
| Revd Craig Andrew Abbott |
Associate Vicar: Lancaster St Thomas |
1st April |
| Revd Canon Brenda Harding |
Associate Priest (SSM): Lancaster Christ Church |
12th April |
| Revd Richard William Bunday |
Vicar: Kirkham St Michael |
30th April |
| Revd Kevan Thorn |
Assicoate Priets (NSM): Kirkham St Michael |
30th April |
BISHOP'S PERMISSION TO OFFICIATE (January 2020 onwards
| Name |
Deanery |
Effective date |
| Revd David Allsop |
Accrington |
January 2020 |
| Revd Enid Briggs |
Burnley |
January 2020 |
| Revd Canon Lawrence Carson-Featham |
Blackpool |
February 2020 |
| Revd Canon Roy Braithwaite |
Whalley |
Febuary 2020 |
| Revd Paul Smith |
Blackpool |
March 2020 |
DEATHS (January 2020 onwards)
| Name |
Current Post(s) |
Date |
| Revd Eric Keith Sillis |
Retired |
13th January |
| Revd Pamela Elizabeth Nicholson |
Retired with PTO |
30th January |
| Revd John Howard Catley |
Retired |
5th February |
| Revd Norman Stanley Saul |
Retired |
8th February |
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. |