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Officers

Role of Rural Dean.

The Rural Dean is appointed by the Bishop and is given by him a share in the pastoral oversight, spiritual leadership, encouragement and development of mission and general administration of the Deanery. He has a particular pastoral responsibility for the clergy of the Deanery, and provides a link between them and the Bishop and the Archdeacon. In his leadership role the Rural Dean is joined by the Lay Co-Chairman of the Deanery Synod.

The Rev'd Prebendary Mike Vockins OBE is currently Rural Dean. He is a Non-Stipendiary Minister serving as Hon. Curate (Associate Priest) in the parishes of Cradley with Mathon and Storridge, and is also the Bishop's Adviser for Non-Stipendiary Ministry in the Diocese. His telephone number is 01886 884366

Role of Lay Co-Chairman

The Lay Co-Chairman, elected by the Deanery Synod, aims to bring together the views of the parishes of the Deanery on issues of common purpose, and then to discuss and formulate common policies on these issues. In the process of doing this to foster a sense of community and interdependence among those parishes and generally to promote in the Deanery the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

The current Lay Co-Chairman is Ian Beer CBE, who worships at St. Michael's, Ledbury. Ian is a retired Headmaster, and a recent President of the RFU.