Church appointments

Canon Stephen John Oliver, Team Rector, Leeds City (diocese of Ripon): appointed to the Residentiary Canonry of St Paul's Cathedral vacant on the elevation of Christopher Hill to the Suffragan See of Stafford.

The Rev Stephen Burdett, Vicar, North Dulwich St Faith: to be also Post Ordination Training Leader for the Woolwich Episcopal Area (Southwark).

Canon Helen Cunliffe, Canon Residentiary Southwark Cathedral: to be also Chaplain, Welcare (Southwark).

The Rev David Fayle, Team Vicar, Dorchester (Salisbury): to be Priest- in-charge, Taunton All Saints (Bath and Wells).

Canon Peter Gompertz, Vicar, Northampton St Giles: to be Priest-in-charge, Aynho and Croughton with Evenley (Peterborough).

The Rev Jane Hayward, Assistant Curate, Bristol Redcliffe with Temple and Bedminster St John the Baptist: to be Vicar, Eastville St Anne with St Mark and St Thomas (Bristol).

The Rev David Ireson, Assistant Curate, Minehead: to be Vicar, Watchet (Bath and Wells).

The Rev Hartmut Kopsch, Vicar, Dover St Martin (Canterbury): to be Rector, Bath Walcot (Bath and Wells).

The Rev David Lockyer, Vicar, Halifax, and Chaplain, Halifax Royal Infirmary (Wakefield): to be Vicar, Banwell (Bath and Wells).

Canon Stephen Oliver, Team Rector, Leeds City, and Honorary Canon, Ripon Cathedral: to be Canon Residentiary, St Paul's Cathedral (London).

The Rev Julian Smith, Rector, Axbridge with Shipham and Rowberrow: to be Vicar, Taunton St Andrew (Bath and Wells).

The Rev Richard Stone, Vicar, Osbaldwick with Murton (York): to be Team Vicar, The Willington Team, in charge of Battle Hill Good Shepherd (Newcastle).

The Rev Ruth Walker, Assistant Curate (NSM), The Lydiards: to be part- time Assistant Curate, Swindon St Andrew and St John the Baptist (Bristol).

The Rev Sister Dawn Watling, Permission to officiate: to be Assistant Curate (NSM), Wraxall All Saints (Bath and Wells).

The Rev Susan Watterson, Assistant Curate, Castletown (Sodor and Man): to be Assistant Chaplain, Bristol University, and Assistant Curate (NSM), Bristol St Michael and St Paul (Bristol).