With grateful thanks for his ministry and prayers of blessing for the future, we announce that The Revd Christopher Johnson, Associate Vicar in the Benefice of Wigston, has been appointed as Priest in Charge at St Mary and St Eanswythe with St Saviour, Folkestone, in the Diocese of Canterbury.
Further to the announcement dated 10th May 2024, advising that The Revd Andrew Micklethwaite has been appointed as Chaplain of Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouse Charity, and Associate Priest of Holy Apostles Leicester, we can now announce that Andrew will be licensed at Wyggestons on Friday 9th August 2024, at 3pm, by Bishop Martyn, and at Holy Apostles on Sunday 11th August 2024, at 10.30am, by Archdeacon Richard Worsfold.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Frances Grasham, Clergy with Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Durham, as Resident Chaplain of Launde Abbey, subject to the normal Church of England legal and administrative procedures. Fran will be joining the Abbey’s permanent praying community and will be a part-time member of the ministry team.
With grateful thanks for her ministry and prayers of blessing for the future, together with the Lord Chancellor, we announce that The Revd Manuela Schmucki, Curate at Leicester Cathedral and St Nicholas Church, has been appointed as the new Rector of St Margaret’s, Lee, in the Diocese of Southwark.
With grateful thanks for her ministry and prayers of blessing for the future, we announce that The Revd Pauline Cummins, Associate Priest (SSM) in the Benefice of Broughton Astley and Croft with Stoney Stanton, has been appointed as Rector of the Waltham Group in the Diocese of Lincoln.
With grateful thanks for his ministry and prayers of blessing for the future, we announce that The Revd Rob Miles, Team Rector in The Cornerstone Team Benefice, has been appointed as Patronage Development Officer for CPAS.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jo de Graaf, Associate Minister in the Parish of Old Dalby, also as Lay Chair of Framland Deanery. Jo will be welcomed into her new role during Deanery Synod on Wednesday 12 June 2024.
We are pleased to announce that the following lay ministers have renewed their licences...
With grateful thanks for their ministry and prayers of blessing for the future, we announce that the following lay ministers, for a variety of reasons, have stepped down from their ministry...
The Revd Victoria Bryson will be resigning from her role of Team Vicar and has been appointed Assistant Curate (SSM) in the Benefice of Market Harborough and The Transfiguration - Little Bowden with Lubenham and Great Bowden. The Revd Philip Bryson will be resigning as Assistant Curate and has been appointed as Team Vicar in the same Benefice.