Church appointments

The following appointments have been announced by the Church of England:

The Rev Mark Bailey, Curate, Leigh Park (Portsmouth): to be Assistant Curate, All Saints, Fleet (Guildford).

The Rev Louise Brown, Assistant Chaplain, Reading Hospitals: to be Parish Deacon, Shinfield (Oxford).

The Rev Clive Burland, Vicar, All Saints, Gurnard, Isle of Wight: to be also Rector, St John the Baptist, Northwood, Isle of Wight (Portsmouth).

The Rev Alan Davies, Vicar, Hartshill, Nuneaton: to be Vicar, St Andrew's, Eastern Green, Coventry (Coventry).

The Rev William (Bill) Day, Assistant Curate, St Peter, Bishop's Waltham: to be Priest-in-charge, St John, Greatham with Holy Rood, Empshott and St Peter and St Paul, Mawkley with Priors Dean (Portsmouth).

The Rev Charles Draper, Curate with responsibility for Youth Work, Maltby Team Ministry (Sheffield): to be Rector, The Claydons (Oxford).

The Rev John Hall, Priest-in-charge, Woodham Mortimer with Hazeleigh and Woodham Walter and Industrial Chaplain (Chelmsford): to be Rector, Fairstead with Terling and White Notley with Faulkbourne, same diocese.

The Rev Stephen Hewitt, Curate, Eaton, Norwich (Norwich): to be Vicar, St Paul's, Warwick (Coventry).

Canon Brian Jones, returned from Sierra Leone: to be Priest-in-charge, St Francis, Frinley (Guildford).

The Rev Simon Jones, Assistant Curate, St John, Hildenborough (Rochester): to be Assistant Curate, Holy Rood, Crofton, Foreham (Portsmouth).

The Rev John Lilley, Team Vicar, Beaminger Area (Salisbury): to be Priest-in-charge, Fradswell, Gayton, Milwich and Weston-on- Trent and Hixon and Stowe-by-Chartley (Lichfield).

The Rev David Lunn, Rector, Haversham with Little Linford and Tyringham with Filgrave: to be Team Rector, Walton Team Ministry, Local Ecumenical Project (Oxford).

The Rev Robert Mitchell, Chaplain, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (Ely): to be Chaplain, St Mary's Hospital, in the Portsmouth Hospitals Chaplainey Team Ministry (Portsmouth).

The Rev David Prothero, Priest-in-charge, Bath, Bathwick: to be Rector, Bath, Bathwick, a newly created benefice (Bath and Wells).

The Rev William Robson, Royal Army Chaplains' Department: to be Rector, Barton Stacey and Bullington and Hurstbourne Priors and Lonqparish (Winchester).

The Rev Robert Simpson, Curate, Heydon, Great and Little Chishill, Chrishall, Elmdon with Wendon Lofts and Strethall (Chelmsford); Vicar, Shirwell Team Ministry (Exeter).

The Rev Robin Trew, Curate, Holy Trinity, Coventry: to be Vicar, Snitterfield with Bearley (Coventry).

The Rev Roger Trumper, Team Vicar, St Mary's, Shenley (Oxford): to be Rector, St Mary, Byfleat (Guildford).

The Rev David Wills, Priest-in-charge, St George, Kenwyn: to be Vicar, St George and St John, Truro (Truro).