We value our retired clergy and those clergy widows and widowers who live in the diocese and wish to offer them support and encouragement. We have a team of retirement officers who can help; they can be contacted directly or via Archdeacon’s or Bishops’ offices.
- The Diocesan Clergy Retirement Officer (CRO) is our link with national networks and helps to co-ordinate work at a local and diocesan level.
- The Archdeaconry Retired Clergy Chaplains (ARCC) help to provide pastoral advice and support to individuals, offer opportunities to gather socially, and feed into relevant diocesan structures and training. They keep in touch with local retired clergy and widow(er)s, mainly through telephone calls, and, with the individual’s permission, can flag up local issues to parish clergy, Area Deans, Archdeacons or Bishops.
- Parish clergy will usually be the first port of call for pastoral care including home and hospital visits. We encourage all retired clergy and clergy widow(er)s to make contact with their parish priest; GDPR means that we do not always know when people have moved into the diocese or have moved house.
Clergy Retirement Officer
Archdeaconry Retired Clergy Chaplains
Resources
Housing
The Church of England Pensions Board has varied accommodation for clergy pensioners throughout the country with their rented and mortgage schemes, including seven supported housing units across the country, such as Dulverton Hall in Scarborough, in the Diocese of York.
Retired Clergy Association of the Church of England
The Retired Clergy Association has a number of key aims:
- To become a community of prayer.
- To foster the continuing ministry of retired clergy.
- To support and encourage retired clergy.
- To encourage retired clergy to meet.
- To represent the interests of retired clergy at national level.
- To keep retired clergy aware of changes in liturgical usage and professional conduct.
- To encourage and support bishops in their pastoral responsibilities.