Movements of clergy and others, into, out of and between posts in the Diocese of York
The Revd Nigel Ely, Senior Site Chaplain at Hull University Teaching Hospital, has resigned with effect from Sunday, 21st September 2025 to take up a new role as Chaplain at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW).
The Revd Canon Ian Holdsworth, Assistant Curate of the Benefice of Nafferton with Wansford and the Benefice of Hutton Cranswick with Skerne, Watton and Beswick, will resign with effect from Friday 31st October 2025.
The Revd Robert Owen, Assistant Minister in the Benefices of Derwent Ings and Escrick and Stillingfleet w Naburn, retired from 18th August 2025. The date of his final service was 17th August 2025.
The Revd Stephen Maughan, Parish Priest of Hedon, Withernsea and Hull (St Charles Borromeo), in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough, has been appointed as Assistant Curate of the Benefice of Selby St Mary (Selby Abbey). The licensing by the Bishop of Selby will be held at Selby Abbey on Sunday 12th October 2025 at 6.30pm.
The Revd Andrew Pearson, Priest in Charge of the Benefice of Aldbrough and Goxhill with Mappleton and Withernwick, has resigned from Friday 31st October 2025. The date of his final service will be Sunday 26th October 2025.
The Revd Graham Potter has resigned as Rector of the Benefice of Eston with Normanby to become Strategy Enabler for Middlesborough and Area Dean of Middlesborough with effect from 1st November 2025. His final service will be held on 5th October 2025.
The Revd Dr Susan Pulko, Rector of the Benefice of Hedon, Paull, Sproatley and Preston in Holderness, has been reappointed as Rector of the Benefice of Hedon, Paull, Sproatley and Preston in Holderness for a period of two years. The licensing by the Bishop of Hull will be held in a private ceremony at Hullen House on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 at 1.00pm.
The Revd Cate Turner, Interim Rector (3 years) of the Benefice of West Buckrose, has been appointed as Rector of the Benefice of West Buckrose. The institution by the Bishop of Selby will be held in the Parish Church of All Saints Church (Church Lane, Settrington, Malton, YO17 8NP), on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 at 7.30pm.
The Revd Eva Ward, Assistant Curate of the Benefice of Thirsk, has been appointed as Associate Priest of the Benefice of Topcliffe, Baldersby with Dishforth, Dalton and Skipton on Swale. The licensing by the Bishop of Whitby will be held in the Parish Church of St James, Baldersby on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 7.30pm.
