Congratulations to our new deacons and priests
The Bishop of Wakefield will ordain priests and deacons at special services next weekend.
The Bishop of Wakefield will ordain three people to the priesthood at 11.00am on Saturday 30 June at the Church of the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield:
Neil Traynor - St Mary with St Paul, Barnsley
Tom Hiney - Dewsbury Minster and
John Whitney - St. John the Baptist, Kirkheaton.
In addition John Flood, serving the parish of Todmorden will be ordained priest by Bishop Platten at 11.00am on Sunday 1 July in St. Mary’s, Todmorden.
Halifax Minster is to host the service for the ordination of deacons at 3.30pm on Saturday 30 June when Bishop Platten will ordain ten new Deacons into the Church of England.
Three women and seven men will serve in parishes across the Diocese of Wakefield, including
Matthew Hunter - Halifax Minster
Ailsa Brooke - Upper Holme Valley Team Parish
Darren Percival - St. John the Baptist, Dodworth
Paul Fox - St. Cuthbert, Ackworth
Stuart Kilpatrick - St Anne in the Grove, Southowram and St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount
Lesley Greenwood-Haigh - Almondbury with Farnley Tyas Team Parish
Clifford Kay -St Hilda’s, Halifax and St John’s Warley
Andrew Hall - St Martin, Brighouse & Clifton
Gill Page - St. Mary’s Todmorden and
Keith Freeman - St Paul, Shepley & Emmanuel, Shelley.