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Retirement

Preparing for retirement

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

The Revd Canon Paul Peverell
07871854200
revpev@btinternet.com

Archdeaconry Retired Clergy Chaplains

Cleveland Archdeaconry:

The Revd Jan Hardy
07708192235
rev.j.hardy@btinternet.com

East Riding Archdeaconry:

The Revd Danny Walker
01262 603232
revdannywalker@outlook.com

York Archdeaconry:

The Revd Dianne Cox

dianne.cox@yorkdiocese.org

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.