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Licensing of new Lay Ministers

A licensing service at Chester Cathedral on 11 October, welcomed new Lay Ministers, Pastoral Workers and Readers, and celebrated the ministries of Readers and Pastoral Workers receiving Permission to Officiate or retiring from active ministry

Bishop Mark has licensed 11 new lay ministers as Pastoral Workers or Readers. At the service at Chester Cathedral on Saturday 11 October, he also licensed three Readers transferring to new parishes, as well as celebrating the ministries of 13 Readers and Pastoral Workers either receiving Permission to Officiate or retiring from active ministry.

Click here to see one of those licensed on Saturday, Bip Choudhury, talking about training as a Reader.

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Admitted and licensed as Pastoral Workers

Janette Hodgkinson Millbrook, St James

Julie Howarth Delamere, St Peter

Jacqueline Jones Higher Bebington, Christ Church

Rosalind Prescott Broadheath, St Alban

Admitted and licensed as Readers

Martin Bancroft Macclesfield Parish Team

Bipasha Choudhury Sale, St Anne

Philip Hillman Burton and Shotwick