Appointing a new Dean of Worcester
Published: 3rd January 2024The process of appointing a new Dean of Worcester continues to move forward with confirmation of the names of those who will sit on the panel.
News
New Area Deans appointed
Published: 20th December 2023Bishop John has appointed Andrew Sillis to be the new Area Dean of Greater Dudley Deanery and Gary Crellin to be the new Area Dean of Malvern and Upton Deanery.
New Chair of the diocesan Climate Crisis Task Group
Published: 12th December 2023David Hewlett has become the new Chair of the diocesan Climate Crisis Task Group. He takes over from Bishop Martin, who has been Interim Chair since the retirement of Hugh Burton at the start of the year.
New co-Deans of Self-Supporting Ordained Ministers
Published: 8th December 2023Rosie Moss and Kim Topham have been appointed as co-Deans of Self-Supporting Ordained Ministers (SSMs) for the Diocese. They are taking over from previous Dean of SSMs, Alex Vaccaro.
Archbishop Justin to visit the Diocese
Published: 7th December 2023The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will visit our Diocese on Saturday 3 February to bring us together in prayer.
Exploring the Christian Faith
Published: 23rd November 2023People from across the Diocese have received a certificate from Bishop Martin, marking the completion of a course designed to help them relate their Christian faith to their own life and locality.
Evensong to the mark the retirement of Archdeacon Robert
Published: 20th November 2023Hundreds gathered in the Cathedral yesterday evening to say farewell and thank you to Archdeacon Robert Jones at a special Evensong to mark his retirement.
New Chair of the DAC
Published: 14th November 2023Gareth Doodes, Headmaster at the King's School in Worcester, has been appointed as the new voluntary Chair of the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches (DAC).
Wadham Downing appointed Chair of the DBF
Published: 13th November 2023Wadham Downing, a member of the Cathedral congregation, has been appointed as the next volunteer Chair of the Board of Finance for the Diocese of Worcester. He was nominated by Bishop John at the last diocesan synod meeting following an application and interview process and his appointment was overwhelmingly approved by synod members.
Retirement of Archdeacon Robert
Published: 27th September 2023The Archdeacon of Worcester, Robert Jones will retire on 30 November. There will be a chance to say goodbye and thank you to Robert at Evensong in the Cathedral at 4pm on 19 November.
10 new Deacons ordained
Published: 24th September 2023Ten candidates were ordained as Deacons on Sunday to serve in parishes across the Diocese. The candidates have been part of a new training pathway aimed at those who see their vocation as being non-stipendiary (voluntary) ministers to churches in their local area.
Clergy Conference - 'Faithful Improvisation'
Published: 22nd September 2023From Monday to Thursday, our clergy will gather together at a Christian conference centre in Hertfordshire. Mel Beynon, Curate in the Halas Team will be blogging throughout the week on this page.
New Archdeacon of Worcester announced
Published: 27th July 2023Bishop John has announced that the Revd Canon Mark Badger is to be the next Archdeacon of Worcester.
Gathering the Mission Accompaniers
Published: 20th July 2023Mission Accompaniers supporting parishes across the Diocese gathered at All Saints in Worcester earlier this week for a day of learning, biblical reflection and to celebrate some of the things which have been achieved so far through the initiative.
Renewals Programme Manager Appointed
Published: 17th July 2023Nathan Conway has been appointed as Renewals Programme Manager, a post funded by the Church Commissioners and based out of Top Church, Dudley.
Diocesan Synod motion presented to General Synod
Published: 10th July 2023On Saturday afternoon, the Worcester Diocesan Synod Motion on the contribution of faith to the rehabilitation of offenders was presented to General Synod in York.
15 people ordained as Deacon/ Priest over the weekend
Published: 2nd July 202315 candidates were ordained over the weekend to serve in parishes across the Diocese.
Exchanging experiences with curates in Germany
Published: 15th June 2023Last month, three of our curates – Mel Beynon, Richard Sandland and James Williams visited our partner diocese in central Germany as part of a ‘curate exchange’.
Becky Elliot appointed as new Dean of Women’s Ministry
Published: 14th June 2023The Revd Becky Elliot, Vicar of Holy Trinity and St James in Malvern has been appointed as the new Dean of Women’s Ministry, a post she will hold alongside her parish role.
New Diocesan Secretary appointed
Published: 4th June 2023The Revd Andy Todd has been appointed as the new Diocesan Secretary for the Diocese of Worcester.
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Alison Maddocks to retire
11th February 2025
Alison Maddocks, our Dean of Smaller Churches will retire at the end of May this year. Alison has worked in the role since the start of 2021, supporting those churches with an active membership of 20 or fewer.