As the ordinations have been delayed until September due to the COVID19 pandemic, those to be ordained deacon will be licenced as lay workers by the Bishop of Leicester, The Rt Revd Martyn Snow, by Zoom on Thursday 2nd July.
The Bishop announces that The Revd Christopher Allen, Vicar in the Benefice of Cosby and Whetstone, has been appointed as Priest in Charge of Shipley, in the Diocese of Chichester.
The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Hilary Lomax, currently with Permission to Officiate, as Chaplain of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Leicester Partnership NHS Trusts.
The Bishop announces that The Revd Helena Whittaker, Interim Chaplain at Leicester Grammar School, has been appointed as Chaplain of Lady Margaret School, Fulham and Priest in Charge of St John the Divine Earlsfield, in the diocese of Southwark.
The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Edward Down, Assistant Curate in the Benefice of St James in the City in the Diocese of Liverpool, as Minister of the Conventional District of Hamilton, Leicester.
The Bishop is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Andrew Smith, Curate at The Church of Christ the King, Kettering, in the Diocese of Peterborough, as Rector of the Benefice of Markfield, Thornton, Bagworth and Stanton under Bardon and Copt Oak.
Please note that following clergy have been granted the Bishop's Permission to Officiate which will expire on 1st May 2025: The Revd Lynda Foot, in the City of Leicester, and The Revd Andrew (Andy) Rhoades in Guthlaxton.
Further to the announcement dated 29th March 2020, it is now confirmed that The Revd Gareth Hutchinson will be licensed by the Bishop of Leicester, The Rt Revd Martyn Snow, on Tuesday 30 June 2020 at 7pm, either remotely or at St Martins, Desford (to be confirmed at a later date).
The Bishop announces that The Revd Dave Hendra, Curate in the Benefice of Holy Trinity with St. John the Divine, Leicester, has been appointed as Associate Priest within The Mitre Benefice in the Diocese of Norwich.
The Bishop announces the death of The Revd Michael Drew, aged 88.