THE following, due to be ordained deacon, have now commenced their ministry.

BLACKBURN

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Blackburn on 27 June: Andrew Dykes (St John’s, Preston); Daniel Freeman (the Risen Lord, Preston); Matthew Guilder (St Thomas’s, Lancaster); David Hargreaves (Barrowford and Newchurch-in-Pendle, NS); Catherine Haydon (Poulton-le-Sands with Morecambe St Laurence); Andrew Holmes (Haslingden with Grane and Stonefold; Musbury); Angela Letchford (St Thomas’s, Lancaster, NS); Simon Lloyd (Nelson Little Marsden); Kyle Mulholland (Ansdell and Fairhaven); Jane Parker (St Paul’s, North Shore, Blackpool; Greenlands, NS); Matthew Robinson (Layton and Staining St Luke); Christina Walker (Dolphinholme with Quernmore and Over Wyresdale, NS).

CARLISLE

Lawrence Basham (Keswick Mission Community); Andrew Callaway (Solway Plain Mission Community); Gill Davidson (Cockermouth Team Area Mission Community); Duncan Jackson (Egremont and Haile Team Ministry); Jane Natrass (Central Lakes Mission Community); Nina Orchard (Two Rivers Mission Community); Victoria Sekasi (Two Valleys Mission Community).

CHELMSFORD

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Barking on 6 July: David Baker (Woodford Wells); Andrew Bellis (St Peter’s, Harold Wood); Timothy Broadbent (St Mary’s, Becontree); David Edmondson (Walthamstow Team Ministry); Urbain Matsalou-Yombe (Woodford Wells); Aimée Summers (Epping District Team Ministry).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Bradwell on 6 July: Matthew Austen (St Thomas of Canterbury, Brentwood); Sally Croft (Ingatestone with Fryerning); Stephen Finch (Hawkwell); Hannah Robinson (South Shoebury).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Colchester on 6 July: Louise Oliver (St James’s, Clacton-on-Sea, and St Christopher’s, Jaywick); Elisabeth-Charlotte Ring (Wivenhoe); Catherine Towner (St Mary’s, Bocking, and Panfeld); Christopher Willis (Stanway, NS).

Licensed as Lay Worker by Canon Carolyn Cooke, acting as the Bishop’s Commissary, on 6 July: Julia Lacey (the Ascension with All Saints’, Chelmsford).

CHESTER

Philip Bishop (Weaverham); Robert Croft (Christleton); Samuel Durdant-Hollamby (All Saints’, Hoole); Helen Eccles (St John the Baptist, Knutsford, and Toft); Marie Flint (St Mary’s, Stockport, and Brinnington); Gillian Hall (All Hallows’, Cheadle); Hannah Helvadjian (Lache cum Saltney); Catherine Johnson (All Hallows’, Cheadle); Vanessa Layfield (Nantwich); Paul Lewis (Poulton Lancelyn); Anna Leyden (Christ Church, Chester); Martin Makin (St Mark’s, Bredbury); David Murray (St Anne’s, Sale); Jennifer Pilling (Thornton-le-Moors with Ince and Elton); Anthony Rigby (Elworth); George Roach (Higher Bebington); Juan Sedano (Frankby with Greasby); Frances Skinner (Great Meols); Richard Skinner (Hoylake); Simon Stride (Holy Trinity and Christ Church, Stalybridge); Christine Turner (Seacombe with Poulton; the Resurrection, Liscard); Deborah Wilkinson (Birkenhead Priory); Claire Wilson (Bunbury and Tilstone Fearnall).

CHICHESTER

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Chichester on 25 June: James Bailey (St Peter’s, Brighton); Samuel Buck (Crawley); William Delia (West Worthing; St Andrew’s, Worthing); Steven Emerson (New Shoreham and Shoreham Beach); David Griffin (Hailsham); Jonathan Harley (St Matthias’s, Brighton); Benjamin Lucas (Angmering); Benjamin Martin (Bishop Hannington Memorial Chapel and Holy Cross, Hove); Richard Merrick (Whitehawk); Hannah Milne (St Peter’s, Brighton); Patrick Pearson-Miles (Chanctonbury Benefice); Mark Rodger (Lyminster and Wick); Greta Sawyer (Worth, Pound Hill and Maidenbower); Sarah Van den Driessche (St Mary the Virgin, Kemp Town, Brighton); Heather Wilkin (Henfield with Shermanbury and Woodmancote).

COVENTRY

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Warwick on 5 July: Sarah Ashelby (Canley; Westwood); Daniel Bennett (St Michael’s Team Ministry, Stoke, Coventry); Andrew Clasper (St Mark’s Conventional District, Swanswell, Coventry); Heather Elson (St Mark’s, New Milverton, Leamington Spa); Hannah Gregory (Shipston-on-Stour with Honington and Idlicote); Michael Stewart (Shottery).

DERBY

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Derby on 5 July: Rachael Brooks (Littleover; Blagreaves); Catrin Hubbard (Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale Team Ministry); Nicola McNally (Tideswell); Sharon Murphy (Derwent Oak Bishop’s Mission Order); Malcolm Pyatt (Brimington, OLM); Kate Smedley (Spondon, NSM); Sandra Till (Alvaston, OLM); Alan Winfield (Melbourne, Ticknall, Smisby and Stanton by Bridge, OLM).

DURHAM

Commissioned as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Durham on 1 July: Hilary Avent (Hetton-Lyons with Eppleton); Philip Carter (Castleside; Benfieldside); Graham Copley (Hunwick and Willington); Tommy Daglish (Stanley and South Moor); John D’Silva (Houghton Le Spring); Elaine Gray (St John’s, Hebburn; Jarrow Grange); Rosemary Hendry (Crawcrook); Wim Kuiper (St Matthew’s and St Wilfrid’s, Sunderland); Stephanie Price (Bishop Auckland); Hannah Richardson (Peterlee); Mahalha Wachepa (Durham North Team Ministry); Alison Williams (Wheatley Hill, Thornley and Wingate with Hutton Henry).

GLOUCESTER

Nicki Bullivant (Tidenham with Beachley and Lancaut, St Briavels with Hewelsfield and Brockweir); Eddie Carmichael (South Cheltenham Team Ministry); Catherine Cowie (the Guitings, Cutsdean, Farmcote, Upper and Lower Slaughter with Eyford and Naunton); Bea Erskine (Coleford, Staunton, Newland, Redbrook and Clearwell); Sarah Haslam (Rodborough, Woodchester and Brimscombe); Jacqueline Henson (South Cheltenham Team Ministry); Helen Hill (the Stroud Team Ministry); Duncan Hutchison (Hucclecote); Jane Jones-Williams (Sodbury Vale Benefice); Joseph Mottram (Cirencester); Jay Niblett (Vale and Cotswold Edge Team Ministry); Jade Scholes (St John the Evangelist, Churchdown, and Innsworth); Pauline Setterfield (Tetbury, Beverston, Long Newton and Shipton Moyne); Rebecca Spear (Badgeworth, Shurdington and Witcombe with Bentham).

GUILDFORD

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Guildford on 1 July: Philip Barlow (New Haw); Sean Beagley (Windlesham); Timothy Clifford Hill (Cranleigh); Diane Davidson (Wisley with Pyrford); Patrick Davies (Oxshott); Susan Duplock (St Mary’s, Camberley); James Ellin (Egham); Julie Partridge (Fetcham); Benjamin Perkins (St Peter’s, Farnborough).

HEREFORD

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Hereford on 5 July: Joanna Burden (West Hereford Team Ministry); Lawrence Gittins (Ludlow); Tiffany Jackson (Ross with Walford and Brampton Abbotts); Joseph Simons (Cleobury Mortimer with Hopton Wafers, Neen Sollars and Milson, Neen Savage with Kinlet and Doddington); Katriona Smith (Kingsland with Eardisland, Aymestrey and Leinthall Earles, NS).

LEEDS

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Leeds on 4 July: Dr Dorothea Bertschmann (All Saints’, Dewsbury, in the Dewsbury Team Parish); David Brennan (Garforth); Caroline Brown (Yeadon); Elspeth Cansdale (Oxenhope); Timothy Carroll (Wakefield Cathedral); Sheron Cockburn (Drighlington and Gildersome); Ruth Fort (St Cuthbert’s, Birkby, Huddersfield, and Birchencliffe); William Grant (Clayton); Robert Harper (St John the Baptist, Wakefield); Laura Martin (Bilton Team Ministry); Dr Sally Osborn (St Aidan’s, Leeds); Che Seabourne (St George’s Team Ministry, Leeds); Paul Sunderland (Richmond with Hudswell and Downholme and Marske).

LEICESTER

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Leicester on 2 July: Nicholas Baker (Wigston); Matthew Creber-Davies (Cornerstone Team Ministry); Pauline Cummins (Earl Shilton with Elmesthorpe, NS); Paul Emberton (the Ascension Team Ministry, NS); Rosalind Harper (Burbage cum Aston Flamville); Maria Jukes (Oadby Great Glen Team Ministry); Robert Leveritt (Market Harborough - Little Bowden with Lubenham and Great Bowden Team Ministry); Crystal McAllister (Upper Wreake Benefice); Dawn Matthew (St John the Evangelist, Hinckley); Bridget Saunders (Fosse Team Ministry, NS).

LICHFIELD

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Lichfield on 27 June: Dr Stephen Alston (Baschurch and Weston Lullingfield with Hordley); Amanda Arthur (the Penkridge Team Ministry); Frances Bridgewater (Cheadle with Freehay); Ross Brooks (Ettingshall; St Martin’s and St Stephen’s, Wolverhampton); Valerie Fairclough (Central Wolverhampton Team Ministry); Simon Foster (St Chad’s, Lichfield); Gerald Harper (St Mary Magdalene’s, Albrighton, Boningale and Donington); Garry Higgs (Rocester, Denstone and Croxden with Hollington); Gareth Ingham (Oakengates, Priors Lee and Wrockwardine Wood); Samuel Johnson (Fauls, Tilstock and Whitchurch); Ian Perry (St Paul’s and St Thomas and St Andrew, Stafford); Joseph Smith (St Matthew’s, Walsall); Glen Thomas (North Potteries Team Ministry); James Weaver (Holy Trinity, Oswestry); Graham Wigley (Shenstone and Stonnall).

LINCOLN

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Acting Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Grimbsy, on 4 July: Ross Copley (All Saints’, Lincoln); Helen Eke (Carr Dyke Group, NS); Jane Foster-Smith (Welton and Dunholme with Scothern); Lynne Hawkins (Horncastle Group); Lisa Hughes (Ness Group, NS); Liz Johnson (Messingham with East Butterwick, Scotter with East Ferry and Scotton with Northorpe); Barbara Manterfield (Harrowby, Grantham, with Londonthorpe, NS); Julie Miles (Frodingham and New Brumby, NS); Kath Pickering (St George’s, Swallowbeck, Lincoln); Lynne Smith (Old Clee; St Aidan’s, Cleethorpes, St Francis’s Conventional District, Cleethorpes, NS); Jon Speirs-Davies (Holy Trinity, Skirbeck); Teena Twelves (Nettleham); Michelle Webb (St Giles’s, Lincoln).

LIVERPOOL

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Liverpool on 28 June: Stephen Bridge (St Helens Town Centre Team Ministry); Lynne Connolly (St Gabriel’s, Huyton Quarry); Catherine Cosslett (Wigan North West, in the Wigan Team Ministry); Helen Deegan (All Saints’, Childwall); Chris Dunbar (Up Holland and Dalton); Tracie Dunsby (Stanley and Stoneycroft St Paul); Glen Gardner (Halsall, Lydiate and Downholland); Heather Goldsmith (St Matthew with St Mary and St Leonard, Bootle); Russ Greenacre (Stanley and Stoneycroft St Paul); Jeanette Griffiths (Holy Trinity, Wavertree); Gill Hoy (St Lawrence’s and St Paul’s, Kirkdale); Fran Humphry (Wigan South West, in the Wigan Team Ministry); Louis Johnson (St Luke in the City Team Ministry, Liverpool); Sandra Jones (Wigan North East, in the Wigan Team Ministry); Simon Macaulay (St Peter’s, Formby); Noel McGarrigle (Rainford); Gordon MacLeod (Maghull and Melling Team Ministry); Gareth Morgan (Speke); Chris Neilson (Burscough Bridge); Julia Pratt (Much Woolton); Helen Purcell (All Saints’, Kensington, Liverpool); Liz Roberts (St Bridget and St Thomas, Wavertree); Gregor Stewart (Eccleston Team Ministry); Penny Stradling (Transform Widnes); James Taylor (Church Wigan).

LONDON

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of London on 1 July: Helena Bickley (St Stephen with St John, Rochester Row, Westminster); Georgina Elsey (St John’s, Hyde Park, Paddington); Paul Gurnham (Soho); Tom Wright (St Nicholas Cole Abbey).

Licensed as Lay Worker by the Bishop of Fulham on 1 July: John Blackburne (All Saints’ with St Columb, Notting Hill, NS).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Edmonton on 1 July: Natasha Beckles (St Luke’s, Oseney Crescent, Kentish Town); Mitzi James (St Mary with St George, Hornsey); Miriam Rinsler (St Mary’s and Christ Church, Hendon, NS); Emily Kolltveit (St Mary’s, Primrose Hill, with St Paul’s, Avenue Road); Edward Underhill (Euston Church); Ryan Venn-Dunn, St Paul’s, Mill Hill).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Kensington on 1 July: Jemima Adjei (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); Josh Baines (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); Fernando Carillo (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); Dave Cokayne (St Stephen with St Paul, East Twickenham); Lewis Dean (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); Simon Dickson (St Peter’s, Fulham); Cheryl Freeman (St Stephen and St Thomas, Shepherd’s Bush, NS); Sarah Jackson (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); George Meyrick (All Saints’, Fulham); Alice Ormondroyd (St Mary Abbots, Kensington); Will Perry (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); David Roberts (Holy Trinity, Hounslow); Sam Rylands (St Luke’s and Christ Church, Chelsea); Tandy Ruoff (HM Prison Bronzefield, NS); David Simpson (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); Davidson Solanki (Heston, NS); Mark Tatton (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington); Rachel Wooldridge (Holy Trinity, Brompton, with St Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St Augustine’s, South Kensington).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Stepney on 1 July: Tracy Browne (Isle of Dogs); Vicki Davies (Finsbury, NS); Rebecca Daynes (St Saviour’s, Hanley Road, Holloway, NS); Callum Elmwood (St Peter’s Barge); Shana Maloney (St John of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney); Rebecca Rimmer (Christ Church, Highbury).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Willesden on 1 July: Christine Britton (Emmanuel, Northwood); Anna Dias (St Mary’s, Northolt, NS); Helen Hutchins (Northwood Hills, NS); Fiona Jack (St Barnabas’s, Ealing, NS); Tim Radcliffe (St Paul’s, Ealing); Rosie Richardson (Holy Trinity, Northwood); Tony Richardson (Holy Trinity, Northwood); Erica Wilding (Uxbridge Team Ministry).

MANCHESTER

Adele Bridle (St Leonard and St Margaret, Middleton, and Thornham); Admos Chimhowu (Victoria Park, Manchester); Deborah Clarke (Astley, Tyldesley and Mosley Common Team Ministry); Robert Eloff (St Paul with Christ Church, Salford; the Ascension, Lower Broughton); Ian Fleming (Holcombe and Hawkshaw); Nicola Gillard (Horwich and Rivington Team Ministry); Joanna Jarrett (Firswood and Gorse Hill); Layfetta Masih (West Bolton Team Ministry); Scott Richardson (Newchurch); Adam Robertson (the Good Shepherd and St Barnabas, Manchester); Matthew Sanderson (Shaw); Amy Elizabeth Sheridan (Hey); Farid Yasini (St Aphrahat the Persian Sage Church, in the Heatons Team Ministry).

NORWICH

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Norwich on 27 June: James Cook (St Andrew’s, Eaton); Michael Hayden (St Andrew’s, Norwich); Jon Price (St John the Evangelist, King’s Lynn; North Lynn Methodist Church); Coryn Stanforth (Tas Valley Team Ministry); Catherine Turner (Bramerton Group Ministry); Taylor Wilton-Morgan (St Andrew’s and the Good Shepherd, Thorpe (Thorpe Episcopi)).

OXFORD

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Oxford on 4 July: Joanna Allen (Goring and Streatley with South Stoke); David Benskin (Icknield Benefice); Angela Brennan (Thatcham Team Ministry); Susanna Brouard (Kidlington with Hampton Poyle Team Ministry); Claire Browes (St John with St Alban, St Bartholomew, and St Mary and St John, Cowley); Carol Cooper (Furze Platt); James Forward (Gerrards Cross and Fulmer); Paulette Falconer (St George and St Mary Magdalen, Tilehurst); Jacqueline Fountain (St Nicolas’s, Newbury, and St Mary’s, Speenhamland Team Ministry); Judith Harvey (St Andrew’s, Oxford); Samson Kuponiyi (Burnham); Peter Landry (Bletchley); Gareth Morley (High Wycombe Team Ministry); Sarah Mortimer (Sunninghill and South Ascot); Ross Mungavin (Gerrards Cross and Fulmer); Kate Pellereau (Buckingham); Stephen Short (St Paul’s, Banbury); Cara Smart (St Paul’s, Wokingham); Phyliss Sopp (St Luke’s, Maidenhead); William Stuart-Lee (St Aldate’s, Oxford); Benjamin Tyler (Wantage); Annette Wade (Woodstock and Bladon); Sorrel Wood (Dorchester Team Ministry).

PETERBOROUGH

Simon Aley (Oakham, Ashwell, Braunston, Brooke, Egleton, Hambleton, Langham, Market Overton, Teigh and Whissendine Team Ministry); Yvonne Desroches (Emmanuel Team Ministry, Northampton); Keir Dow (King’s Cliffe, Bulwick and Blatherwycke, Collyweston, Easton-On-The-Hill and Laxton); Nicholas Edwards (Moulton); Michelle Frost (Irthlingborough, Great Addington, Little Addington and Woodford); Angela Hammett (Towcester with Caldecote and Easton Neston and Greens Norton and Bradden (the Tove Benefice)); Kevin Montgomery (St Columba and the Northern Saints, Corby); Kristian Seward (Clipston, Haselbech, Kelmarsh, Marston Trussell, Naseby, Sibbertoft and Welford); Debbie Smith-Wilds (Uppingham with Ayston and Belton with Wardley); Joshua Thorne (Whitefriars, Rushden); Alison Wagner (St Giles’s, Northampton).

ST ALBANS

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of St Albans on 27 June: Rachel Hamilton (Sunnyside with Bourne End); Miranda Seldon (Northchurch and Wigginton).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Hertford on 27 June: Vanessa Hadley-Spencer (Christ Church, Waltham Cross, in the Cheshunt Team Ministry); Rachel Moate (Holy Trinity, Bishop’s Stortford); Sarah Richardson (Barkway, Barley, Reed and Buckland).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of St Albans on 28 June: Phillipa Maddox (All Saints’, Leavesden); Andrew Pike (St Paul’s, St Albans).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Hertford on 28 June: Kathryn Alford (Bishop’s Hatfield, Lemsford and North Mymms Team Ministry); Martha Inch (Hitchin and St Paul’s Walden Team Ministry; the Hub Church); Rachel Snow (St Paul’s, Letchworth, with Willian); Rachel Wakefield (Welwyn Garden City).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Bedford on 28 June: Luke Larner (St Paul’s, Bedford); Marcus Ottaviani (Goldington); Caroline Steer (Clifton and Southill).

ST EDMUNDSBURY & IPSWICH

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich on 27 June: Mark Bee (Beccles, NS); Maureen Bonsall (Whitton with Thurleston and Akenham, NS); Tracey James (Debenham and Helmingham); Oliver Kemsley (Alde River Benefice); Matthew Key (St Augustine of Hippo, Ipswich); Sally Letman (Capel St Mary with Little Wenham and Great Wenham); Kiran Lotay (All Hallows’, Ipswich); Robert Molton (Tuddenham with Cavenham, Herringswell and Red Lodge); Lauren Moore (South Hartismere Benefice, NS); Graham Naylor (Lavenham with Preston); Julia Perkins (Glem Valley United Benefice, NS); Laura Pope (St Mary with St Peter’s District Church, Bury St Edmunds); Christine Smart (Four Rivers Benefice, NS); William Sokolis (Alde River Benefice, NS); Richard Stainer (Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield St George with Little Whelnetham, Cockfield, Felsham and Gedding, NS); Nicola Tindall (Higham, Holton St Mary, Raydon and Stratford St Mary, NS); Andrew Todd (St Mary the Virgin, Woodbridge, NS).

SALISBURY

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Salisbury on 28 June: Alison Alexander (St Thomas and St Edmund, Salisbury); Sharon Boyle (Wimborne Minster and the Northern Villages, NS); Adrian Burholt (Wellsprings Benefice); Helen Croud (Bridport Team Ministry); Karen Franklin (Canford Magna Team Ministry); Katie Jackson (Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt); Gerry Lynch (St John’s and St Mary’s, Devizes); Leila Mather (Charminster, Stinsford and the Chalke Stream Villages); Matt Smith (Corfe Mullen); Caroline Spindlow (Christ Church, Warminster, NS); Sally Taylor (Talbot Village); Nick Webb (St Aldhelm Benefice, NS); Nick Wells (Wimborne Minster and the Northern Villages); Helen Williams (Wareham Team Ministry).

SHEFFIELD

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Sheffield on 27 June: Joshua Blunt (Goole); Dr James Crossley (Chapeltown); Elizabeth Langner (Norton Lees, NS); Matthew Lawes (Fulwood); Carol Lee (Finningley with Auckley), NS); Gillian Salter (Hatfield, NS); Helen Terry (Hillsborough and Wadsley Bridge); Joanne Twigg (Penistone and Thurlstone Team Ministry, NS); Matthew Wood (Ranmoor).

SOUTHWARK

Licensed as Lay Ministers by the Bishop of Southwark on 27 June: Esther-Jael Akano-Adesoye (Thamesmead Team Ministry); David Atkinson (Springfield Church Extra-Parochial Place, Wallington); Susan Bosley (Horley Team Ministry); Judith Brooks (St Matthew’s, Redhill); Adelaide Davies (Charlton); Lisa Fairman-Brown (Christ Church, Purley); Lotwina Farodoye (Oxted Team Ministry); Rachael Gledhill (St Barnabas’s, Dulwich); Delorine Green (St Peter’s, Walworth); John Henry (Christ Church, Southwark); Ian Luke-Macauley (Clapham Common); Alastair Newman (Wimbledon Team Ministry); David Povall (St Paul’s, Clapham); Shavaun Shodeinde (St Mary Magdalene’s, Wandsworth Common); Robert Slater-Carr (St George the Martyr with St Alphege and St Jude, Southwark); Luke Steven (Balham Hill); Daniel Walker (St Margaret of Antioch, Lee); Daniel Wyman (Holy Trinity, Eltham).

WORCESTER

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Dudley on 1 July: Lindsey Coulthard (Barbourne); Jon Evans (the Lye and Stambermill); Foluso Enwerem (Top Church, Dudley); Jessica Fellows (All Saints’, Worcester); Christopher Henson (St John the Baptist and Holy Innocents Team Ministry, Kidderminster).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Dudley on 2 July: Claire Billington (Peopleton and White Ladies Aston with Churchill and Spetchley and Upton Snodsbury and Broughton Hackett); Rosie Moss (St Nicholas’s, Warndon); Kim Topham (Clent, in Belbroughton with Fairfield and Clent; Hagley); Carol Weston (Brierley Hill Team Ministry).

YORK

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Selby on 5 July: Kirsty Dennett (Clifton); Victoria Earll (St Michael-le-Belfrey, and St Cuthbert’s, York); Nicholas Garside (Rural Ainsty Mission Unit); Philip Grayson (Sherburn in Elmet with Saxton; Aberford with Micklefield); Mark Poole (Rural East York Benefice).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Whitby on 5 July: William Ellis (Whitby with Ruswarp Team Ministry); Jane Emson (St John the Evangelist, Middlesbrough; St Columba with St Paul, Middlesbrough); Vanessa Kirby (St Oswald’s and St Chad’s, Middlesbrough); Jane Robson (Great Ayton with Easby and Newton under Roseberry).

Licensed as Lay Workers by the Bishop of Hull on 5 July: Fiona Hill (St Columba and St James with Holy Trinity, Scarborough); Alan Leach (Rudston, Boynton, Carnaby, Kilham, Burton Fleming with Fordon, Grindale and Wold Newton); Richard Townend (Emmanuel Church, Bridlington, and Barmston with Fraisthorpe).

The exact arrangements under which the ordination candidates’ ministry has been begun vary according to the diocese.