14 people will be ordained next weekend to serve in parishes across the Diocese.
12 candidates will be ordained Deacon in the Cathedral on Saturday and are entering
their first year of training as a curate. A further two candidates have completed their
first year and will be ordained Priest in their parishes next Sunday; they are now able to
preside at the Holy Communion.
Bishop John will ordain the Deacons, while Bishop Graham will ordain the two Priests.
Archdeacon Rick Simpson, Archdeacon of Auckland in the Diocese of Durham will be
preaching having led the pre-ordination retreat for candidates.
Ordained deacon:
• Adam Hadley, who will serve at St Thomas in Stourbridge
• Andy Smith, who will serve at All Saints in Worcester
• Chris Sheehan, who will serve in the Arch Benefice, Evesham
(Church Lench with Rous Lench & Abbots Morton & Harvington)
• Jen Dennison, who will serve in the West Worcestershire Rural Team
• Julia Quinn, who will serve in Stourport on Severn and Wilden
• Peter Myres, who will serve in the Chase Team, Malvern
(St Andrew’s & All Saints, Malvern Wells & Wyche)
• Rich Hackett, who will serve at Holy Trinity, Old Hill
• Robin Parry, who will serve in the Worcester South East Team
• Timothy Hupfield, who will serve in Badsey with Aldington & Offenham & Bretforton
• Sue Adeney, who will serve in Upton-on-Severn, Ripple, Earls Croome w Hill
Croome & Strensham as well as Hanley Castle, Hanley Swan & Welland
• Janet Hatton, who will serve at St John, Bromsgrove
• Jo Williamson, who will serve in Broadway, Evesham
Ordained Priest:
• Becky Elliott serving in the West Worcestershire Rural Team
• Paula Honniball serving at St John the Baptist,
Claines & St George Worcester
Please pray for all this year’s ordination candidates.
Dudley Deanery – Rural Dean: Dominic Melville; Lay Chair: Anne Penn
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion): Archbishop Nicholas Okoh
Diocese in Europe, Bishop Robert Innes with Bishop David Hamid
Diocese of Visby (Sweden), Bishop Thomas Petersson
Diocese of Copenhagen (Denmark): Bishop Peter Skov-Jakobsen
