Bishop Crispian has announced the following clergy appointments - expressing thanks to the generosity of those who have agreed to take up new appointments.

Abingdon (Area 2)
St Edmund’s, Abingdon and St Mary’s, East Hendred
Fr Tom Taaffe

Thatcham and Wash Common (Area 3)
Our Lady of The Assumption, Thatcham and St Francis de Sales, Wash Common
Fr Eamon Walsh

Reading (Area 4)
English Martyrs and St Joseph’s, Tilehurst
Mgr John Nelson
Fr Wojciech Paszko (newly arrived from Poland)

Reading (Area 5)
Our Lady of Peace and Bl. Dominic Barberi, Earley
Fr Anthony Ikhenoba (Nigeria) for 1 year

Ascot (Area 6)
St Edmund Campion’s, Maidenhead and St Joseph’s, Maidenhead
Fr Tom McGrath VG
Fr Kevin Hoiles (newly ordained)

Basingstoke (Area 9)
St John the Baptist, Andover and St John Fisher, Whitchurch
Fr Peter Codd
Fr Des Connolly SMM - to other ministry

Alton (Area 10)
St Laurence, Petersfield
Canon Gerard Hetherington
Mgr Jeremy Garratt to be Rector at St John’s College, Wonersh

Bishop’s Waltham (Area 12)
St Joseph’s, Romsey and St Andrew’s, North Baddesley
Still to be arranged but covered by “supply” for the time being

Buckland and Faringdon (Area 14)
Sacred Heart, Lambourn and Our Lady of Lourdes, Hungerford,
St John Vianney, Wantage, Blessed Hugh Faringdon, Buckland and Faringdon
Canon Peter Turbitt
Fr Patrick Tansey

Bitterne and Hedge End (Area 16)
Christ the King, Bitterne, Our Lady of The Assumtion, Hedge End and St Brigid, West End
Fr James Carling

Waterside and Totton (Area 18)
St Bernard’s, Holbury and St Michael’s Hythe
Fr Patsy Foley

Bournemouth (Area 20)
St Thomas More, Iford
Fr Shaun Budden
Mgr Ron Hishon to ministry within the Pastoral Area and with special responsibility for the hospital

Bournemouth (Area 21)
Corpus Christi
Fr Denis Blackledge SJ as parish priest
Fr Michael Beattie SJ to other duties within the English Province

Isle of Wight (Area 22)
The South Wight Parish
Fr Claro Conde (newly arrived from The Philippines)Alton (Area 10)

Guernsey (Area 23)
Our Lady and the Saints of Guernsey
Fr Michael Hore (also to be Catholic Dean of Guernsey)

All other existing appointments remain the same as before

Priests working elsewhere than the diocese.

Fr David Buckley (Arundel & Brighton)
Fr Terry Burke MHM (on sabbatical overseas)
Dr Jeremy Corley (teaching at Ushaw College)
Fr Robin Ellwood (leave of absence in Australia)
Fr Michael Fava (Army Chaplain)
Mgr Brian Ferme (Dean of the School of Canon Law, Washington USA)
Mgr Jeremy Garratt (Rector, St John’s College, Wonersh)
Fr Tony Gatt (further studies in New York, USA)
Fr Paul Haffner (teaching in Rome)
Dr Nicholas Heap (Chaplain, Eton College)
Fr Tony Hughes (pastoral work in diocese of Las Vegas, USA)
Dr Ian Ker (parish priest, Burford, Oxon)
Fr Paul Lyons (fulltime at St Anselm’s, Cliftonville)
Fr Richard Maniak (student at St Anselm’s, Cliftonville)
Fr Andrew Moore (sick leave)
Fr Robin Sanders (secretary of the St Barnabas Society)

Retired Priests living outside the diocese

Fr Wilf Baldwin (Walton le Dale, Preston)
Fr Wally Beale (Ullapool, Scotland)
Fr John Dwyer (Tullamore, Ireland)
Fr Anthony Fagan (Morecambe, Lancs)
Fr Tom Foley (Kanturk, Ireland)
Dr David Forrester (Woldingham School, Surrey)
Fr Tom Grundy (Burnley, Lancs)
Fr Colm Kelleher (Dublin, Ireland)
Fr Donal O’Brien (Cork, Ireland)
Fr Eric Spencer (Fulford, York)
Fr Maurice Twomey (Burgess Hill, West Sussex)
Fr Burton Whitehead (Bicester, Oxon)
Fr Frank Wilson (Lahinch, Ireland)