Announcements

The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Fiona Cotton-Betteridge, Priest-in-Charge in the Benefice of Friskney and Old Leake with Wrangle in the Diocese of Lincoln, as Associate Priest (House for Duty) in the Benefice of Barrow-on-Soar with Walton le Wolds and the Benefice of Wymewold and Prestwold with Hoton.

The Bishop announces the death of The Revd Brian Robertson, aged 69, on 11 March 2020

The Bishop announces that The Revd Keith Elliott, Vicar in the Benefice of Thorpe Acre with Dishley, will be retiring with effect from Friday 31st July 2020.

Please note that The Revd Mick Gillespie has been granted the Bishop’s Permission to Officiate which will expire on 1st February 2025.

The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Mohammad Eghtedarian, previously Chaplain at St Nicholas Church in Ankara, Turkey, as Intercultural Pioneer Minister in the Oadby Great Glen Team Ministry.

The Bishop announces the death of The Revd Michael Ewart Currah (aged 88) on Sunday 9th February 2020.

The Bishop announces that The Revd Cathy Davies, Assistant Warden at Launde Abbey and House for Duty at Loddington with Launde Abbey, will be resigning with effect from Friday 3rd April 2020.

Further to the announcement dated 16th January advising that The Revd Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani has been appointed as Priest-in-Charge of The Fosse Team, Lee will be licensed by The Archdeacon of Leicester, The Ven Richard Worsfold, on Sunday 15th March at 10am at St Mary’s Church, Barkby.

The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Canon Peter Mackenzie, who currently holds Permission to Officiate in this diocese, as Associate Priest in the Benefice of Market Harborough and The Transfiguration – Little Bowden with Lubenham and Great Bowden (with responsibility for Great Bowden), for a period of eighteen months.

The Bishop announces that The Revd Marian Bennett, Associate Priest in the Benefice of Castle Donington and Lockington cum Hemingon, will be resigning with effect from Sunday 15th March 2020.