Announcements

The Revd Mohammad Eghtedarian will be licensed as Intercultural Pioneer Minister in the Oadby Great Glen Team Ministry by the Bishop of Loughborough, The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, on Sunday 6th September 2020 on Zoom.

The Bishop announces that The Revd Morna Simpson, Curate in The Holy Spirit Team Ministry, has been appointed as Rector of the Yardley Hastings Benefice in the Diocese of Peterborough. Morna’s last service will be Sunday 20th September. She will be licensed to her new role on Sunday 11th October.

Further to the announcement dated 6 August 2020 regarding the appointment of The Revd Claire Goode as the Chaplain at Launde Abbey. We can now confirm that Claire will be licensed by the Bishop of Loughborough, The Rt Revd Dr Guli FrancisDehqani, on Tuesday 10th November 2020 at 3pm at Launde Abbey.

The Bishop announces that The Revd Canon Cynthia Thomson, Transition Priest in the Benefice of Hallaton and Allexton, with Horninghold, Tugby and East Norton, and Slawston, will be retiring when her licence expires on the 30th August 2020.

The Bishop announces the resignation of The Revd Canon Dr Johannes Arens, Canon Precentor of Leicester Cathedral, with effect from 31st August 2020. Johannes is to become Transition Priest in the Holy Spirit Team with responsibility for St. Andrew’s Jarrom Street and with a focus of developing chaplaincy engagement with De Montfort University. The date of Johannes’ licensing will be announced in due course.

The Bishop announces that The Revd Keith Magee, Vicar in the Benefice of St Peter Braunstone Park, has been appointed as Team Rector of Dorchester and the Winterbournes in the Diocese of Salisbury. Keith’s last service will be on Sunday 25th October 2020.

The Bishop announces that The Revd David Payne, Priest in Charge in the Benefice of Belvoir Parishes, has been appointed as Priest in Charge of the Benefice of Silsoe, Pulloxhill and Flitton in the Diocese of St Albans

The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Claire Goode, Vicar in the Benefice of St Andrew, Nottingham in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, as Chaplain at Launde Abbey (House for Duty).

The Bishop announces that The Revd Canon Julie Hutchinson, Associate Priest in the Benefices of High Framland and South Framland, will be resigning with effect from 17th January 2021.

The Revd Ed Down has been appointed as Minister of the Conventional District of Hamilton, Leicester.