Ordination 2009
Saturday 27th June 3pm
Back Row: Alasdair Coles, Kathleen Bishop, Stephen Anderson, Mary Jepp, Christopher Alan Lowe, Philip Michael Sharkey, Tim Yau
Middle Row: Timothy Hayward, Brenda Stewart, Barbara Pearman, Jeremy Parsons, Anthony Lees-Smith, Christine Barrow, Jenny Gage, Sarah Gower
Front Row: Gita Bond, Alison White (Retreat Conductor), Ven. John Beer, Bishop Anthony, Bishop David, Ven. Hugh McCurdy, Nigel Whitehouse (Assistant DDO)
Sixteen clergy are being deployed across Cambridgeshire and west Norfolk following their ordination on Saturday 27 June. Hundreds of people flocked to Ely Cathedral to support the candidates who are to serve in parishes across the Diocese of Ely.
This year four of the eight deacons are women – a figure reflecting the growing number of women clergy within the Church of England nationally.
The period closest to the feast day of St Peter the Apostle, celebrated on 29 June, is traditionally the time when the Church of England ordains most of its deacons and priests to serve within the Church.
| The following candiates were ordained Priest by the Bishop of Ely: | |
| to serve in | |
| Stephen Anderson | St Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford |
| Kathleen Rachel Bishop | The Raddesley Group of Parishes |
| Gita Bond | The Ramseys St Thomas À Beckett and St Mary and Upwood, St Peter |
| Alasdair John Coles | Chesterton, St Andrew |
| Mary Patricia Jepp | Godmanchester, St Mary |
| Christopher Alan Lowe | Cambridge, St Andrew the Less |
| Philip Michael Sharkey | The Shingay Group of Parishes |
| Timothy Sang Yau | Farcet Hampton, St Mary |
| The following candiates were ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Huntingdon: | |
| to serve in | |
| Margaret Christine Barrow | Girton, St Andrew |
| Jennifer (Jenny) Anne Gage | The Three Rivers Group |
| Sarah Catherine Gower | St Neots, St Mary |
| Timothy David Mark Hayward | Buckden with The Offords |
| Anthony James Lees-Smith | Chesterton, The Good Shepherd |
| Jeremy Douglas Adam Parsons | Cambridge, St Martin |
| Barbara Elizabeth Anne Pearman | The East Marshland Benefice |
| Brenda Alice Stewart | Abbots Ripton, St Andrew with King’s Ripton, St Peter and Houghton with Wyton, St Mary |