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01 December 2023

GLOUCESTER

By the Bishop of Gloucester in St Peter and St Paul, Northleach, on 26 November:

Deacon: John Hollows (Northleach with Hampnett and Farmington, Cold Aston with Notgrove and Turkdean, and Compton Abdale with Haselton, OLM).

SHEFFIELD

By the Bishop of Doncaster in Holy Trinity, Thorpe Hesley, on 28 November:

Priest: Geraldine Pearce.

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