We learned with sadness of the death of Mrs Kate Bayes, the wife of Bishop Paul Bayes.
The Revd Paul Bennett now holds Permission to Officiate.
The Revd Ben Brady, Assistant Curate at The Grantavale Group of Churches in the Diocese of Ely, is to be Team Vicar of Berkhamstead Team Ministry (with special responsibility for Holy Trinity, Potten End) from 15 June.
The Revd Jodie Brow, Assistant Curate at St Peter’s, Hall Green and St Michael’s, Hall Green in the Diocese of Birmingham is to be Rector of St Swithun’s Church, Sandy from 10 July.
The Revd Andrew Croft now holds Permission to Officiate.
The Revd Paul Davies, Vicar, Bedford All Saints Church and Growth Officer for Bedford Archdeaconry, is to be Dean of Mission for the Two Cities Episcopal Area with Associate Minister of St Peter Elgin Avenue from July.
The Revd Mark Edwards, Assistant Curate at St George’s, Gravesend, is to be Priest in Charge of Harlington, Tingrith and Westoning from 5 June.
The Revd Selina Evans, Assistant Curate in Training, Digswell, is to be Associate Minister there from 9 April.
The Revd Andrew (Andy) Gardner, Team Vicar (with special responsibility for Bishop’s Hatfield St John), will retire in August.
The Revd Andrew Goodman, Priest-in-Charge of Marston Morteyne with Lidlington, is now also Honorary Canon of Holy Trinity Cathedral and Commissary for the Bishop of Maiwut in the Diocese of Maiwut in South Sudan.
The Revd Eugene Hanshaw, Team Vicar (with special responsibility for St Mary’s, Cheshunt), is to be Vicar of Norton from 11 July.
The Revd Canon Richard Leslie, Clergy Bereavement Officer in St Albans Archdeaconry, is to retire in June and will continue to hold Permission to Officiate.
The Revd Christopher Lowdon, Rector of St James the Great, Dolla in St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in The Church of Scotland, is to be priest in charge of Caldecote, Northill and Old Warden from 4 June.
Mr Neil McCleery, School Chaplain of Bedford School, finishes on 31 August and will take up the post of Chaplain of Fettes College, Edinburgh from 1 September.
The Revd Lucy McKeown now holds Permission to Officiate.
The Revd Paul Palmer, Assistant Curate in Training is to be Associate Priest of Croxley Green, All Saints from 19 May.
The Revd Andrew Pike will cease to be Hospital Chaplain of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 31 March and is to be Associate Minister at St Mary’s, Luton from 30 June.
We learned with sadness of the death of Revd Philippa Pride (formerly ‘Philippa Seagrave Pride). Vicar of St Michael’s Hatfield, Tring Church and St John’s Harpenden, before moving to Canada to live and work. Remembered through the Diocese, amongst other things, for the trips she organised to Taizé.
The Revd Corniel Quak, Assistant Curate in Training at St Saviour, St Albans, is to be Vicar of St John’s, Watford (0.75) & Chaplain of St John’s Watford CofE Primary School (0.25) from 20 June.
The Revd Mark Rodel, Adviser for Fresh Expressions and Pioneer Ministry in Ely Diocese, is to be Deputy Director of Mission and Ministry from 1 August.
The Revd Canon Dr Dennis Stamps, Rector and Rural Dean of Wheathampstead will retire on 22 June and is to be Associate Priest (House for Duty) in Oxfordshire Diocese (Shill Valley and Broadshire).
The Revd Sue Stilwell, Associate Minister in Digswell, will hold Permission to Officiate from 7 April.
The Revd Tayo Wale-Falope holds Permission to Officiate in Watford Deanery, is to be Interim Minister (0.5) in Albury, Little Hadham, Much Hadham, Braughing, Furneux Pelham and Stocking Pelham from 10 April.
The Revd Nigel Ward will hold Permission to Officiate from 1 May.