The Bishop announces the death of The Revd Michael Ward, born in 1931, on Thursday 11th March 2021. Michael was ordained in 1956 and ministered in the Dioceses of London, Southwark and Gloucester, before becoming Vicar at Barkby and Queniborough from 1985 – 1990. He ministered in Norwich diocese until his retirement in 1998, and then held Permission to Officiate until 2008 in the Dioceses of Gloucester and Hereford. He leaves a wife, Catherine.