Tom Abraham has joined the diocesan staff as Net Zero Carbon Officer

Sarah Collins, Ordained Pioneer Minister in the Diocese of Leicester, is to be Rector of Sarratt & Chipperfield from 24 July

Kate Douglas, Assistant Curate in Training, Stevenage, St Hugh and St John, Chells, is to be Chaplain of Queenswood School from 14 September

Rachel Drury, licensed lay work at Hitchin & St Pauls Walden, will join the diocesan staff on 12 June as Project Lead for The Alban Way: a fixed-term role within the Growing Younger and More Diverse strategically-funded project

Martyn Hedley, Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Officer, has retired

Tricia Humber, currently Mission and Ministry Operations Officer, but formerly Information Manager and Evaluation Coordinator for the Reaching New People project, is retiring at the end of June

Warren Lucas has joined the diocesan staff as Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Officer

Matt Renyard, Assistant Curate of Radipole and Melcombe Regis in the Diocese of Salisbury is to be Team Vicar (with special responsibility for St Barnabas, Adeyfield) from 28 June

Wendy Steer, Curate in Charge of Aspley Guise with Husborne Crawley & Ridgmont, will be licensed as Priest in Charge on 10 August

Linda Williams, Rector of Kimpton w Ayot St Lawrence, is retiring in September 2023