Diocesan Registry

The Diocesan Registrar is a solicitor and is the legal officer for the Diocese of Worcester, giving general legal advice to clergy, parish officers, boards and councils and overseeing the faculty system which enables churches to make changes to their buildings.

The work of the Diocesan Registry includes:

• the licensing of clergy and lay office holders
• patronage
• the consecration of churches and churchyards
• the operation of the faculty system
• the issue of common marriage licences
• maintenance of diocesan records
• advice to clergy, various ecclesiastical boards and officials and the public on all these areas of activity and ecclesiastical law generally

The Registry also offers administrative assistance to the Chancellor of the Diocese, Jacqueline Humphreys, who sits as the Judge of the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Worcester. Those wishing to contact the Chancellor, or her deputy, John Summers, should do so through the Registry.

Should you wish to make a complaint in relation to the Chancellor you can download the process here.

Generally this work is financed by the Church Commissioners for England and the Worcester Diocesan Board of Finance and so is free of charge to parishes and the public. Marriage licences and certain faculties do however attract a statutory fee.

Registry Clerk: Liz Matthews 
Direct line: 01905 730731
Email: worcesterdiocesanregistry@anthonycollins.com / Elizabeth.Matthews@anthonycollins.com

Diocesan Registrar: Kirsty Duxbury
Switchboard: 0121 214 3678
Email: kirsty.duxbury@anthonycollins.com

Deputy Registrar: Lisa Moncur
 

Public Notices

Certain faculty applications will require display under rule 9.9, as follows:

If you wish to request further information on any of the cases or to lodge an objection, please contact the Diocesan Registry on the contact details listed further up this page.