Church appointments

The following resignations and retirements have been announced by the Church of England:

The Rev Richard Arrandale, Curate, East Grinstead, St Swithun (Chichester): now resigned.

The Rev Fred Butler, Rector, Etchingham and Vicar, Hurst Green (Chichester): to retire as from 30 June.

The Rev Paddy Buxton, Team Rector, Rye, and Chaplain, Rye Hill House and Rye Memorial Hospital (Chichester): to retire as from 30 June.

The Rev Edward Ciechanowicz, Vicar, Wisborough Green (Chichester): now resigned.

The Rev Dr Michael Delany, Rector, Copythorne and Minstead (Winchester): to resign as from 8 April.

The Rev Martyn Douglas, Team Vicar, Basingstoke, Christ the King (Winchester): to resign at the end of May (to take up an appointment in the US).

The Rev Derek Evans, Rector, Street with Walton (Bath and Wells): to retire as from 31 July.

The Rev Ian Froom, Team Vicar, St Saviour and All Saints, Weston-super-Mare Central Parishes Team Ministry (Bath and Wells): to resign as from 31 July.

Canon Stanley Hind, Vicar, Womersley and Kirk Smeaton (Wakefield): to retire as from 31 May.

The Rev James Holdroyd, Vicar, Brighton St Bartholomew (Chichester): resigned as from 28 February.

The Rev Christopher Hudson, Rector, Huntspill and East Huntspill (Bath and Wells): to resign as from 14 May.

The Rev Roger Jupp, Vicar, St John, Burgess Hill (Chichester): now resigned.

The Rev Michael Lewis, Vicar, Holy Trinity, Taunton (Bath and Wells): to resign as from 30 April.

The Rev David Mumford, Vicar, Bodiam and Rector, Ewhurst (Chichester): to retire as from 20 August.

The Rev Stuart Pearson: to retire as Rural Dean of Chevet as from 31 March, and to retire as Vicar, Woolley with West Bretton (Wakefield) from 14 May.