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Below is a map of where to find Church House in the Diocese of Birmingham, and below that is a full contact list of Bishop's Staff and Officers. Please click on the section you require. Church House tel: 0121 426 0400.

diocese map
 
Directions from New Street Station.
1. Head southwest (102 ft)
2. Turn left toward Queens Dr (374 ft)
3. Turn left at Queens Dr (361 ft)
4. Turn left toward St Martin's Circus Queensway (Below) (433 ft)
5. Turn right at St Martin's Circus Queensway (Below) (23 ft)
6. Slight left at Smallbrook Queensway (0.2 mi)
7. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto B4127/Holloway Head
Continue to follow B4127 (0.5 mi)
8. Turn left at Wheeley's Ln (0.2 mi)
9. Turn right at A4540/Islington Row Middleway. Continue to follow A4540 (0.3 mi)
10. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto B4217/Calthorpe Rd (0.4 mi)
11. Slight right at B4532/Westbourne Rd. Continue to follow Westbourne Rd (0.5 mi)
12. Turn left at B4124/Harborne Rd. Continue to follow B4124 (1.3 mi)
13. Turn left at A4040/Harborne Park Rd (0.5 mi)
14. Make a U-turn (0.2 mi)
15. Turn left at Harborne Park Rd. Destination will be on the left.



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Bishop's Visitors
Board of Education
Communications Office
Communications Advisory Group
Diocesan Trustees

Forum for Community Regeneration
Diocesan Community Projects Committee
Ministries (Mission Learning Group)
Mission and Evangelism
Churches and Industry Group Birmingham
Finance and Property
Interfaith Relations
Funeral Ministry
Liturgical Advisory Committee
Ordinands, and Vocations
Bishop’s Advisers
Examining Chaplains to the Bishop
Vocations Group
Pastoral Care of Clergy and their Families
Property Services (Clergy, Housing, School Buildings)
Readers’ Association
Honorary Chaplains to Retired Clergy
Surrogates
Vacancy in See Committee




Bishops, Senior Clergy And Staff


Bishop of Birmingham
The Rt Revd David Urquhart
Bishop’s Croft, Old Church Road,
Harborne, Birmingham B17 0BG

Chaplain: The Revd Kate Stowe
Tel: 0121 427 1163
Email: bishopschaplain@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Senior Secretary: Mrs Christine Wright
Tel: 0121 427 1163
Fax: 0121 426 1322
Email: c.wright@birmingham.anglican.org

Secretary: Mrs Mary Rose
Tel: 0121 427 1163
Email: m.rose@birmingham.anglican.org


Bishop of Aston
The Rt Revd Andrew Watson
Church House, 175 Harborne Park Road
Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0BH

Secretary Mrs Carol Fletcher
Email: carol_fletcher@birmingham.anglican.org
Tel: 0121 426 0448

Honorary Assistant Bishops
The Rt Revd Peter Hall
Tel: 0121 455 9240
The Rt Revd Mark Santer
The Rt Revd Maurice Sinclair
The Rt Revd Iraj Mottahedeh
Tel: 01952 813615
The Rt Revd Michael Whinney
Tel: 0121 249 2856
Fax: 0121 249 2856
Provincial Episcopal Visitor (PEV)
The Rt Revd Jonathan Baker


Archdeacon of Aston
The Ven Dr Brian Russell
Church House, 175 Harborne Park Road
Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0BH  
Tel: 0121 426 0400
b.russell@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Secretary: Miss Jenny Harris
Tel: 0121 426 0437
Fax: 0121 428 1114
Email: j.harris@birmingham.anglican.org

 
Archdeacon of Birmingham
The Ven. Hayward Osborne
Church House, 175 Harborne Park Road
Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0BH  
Tel: 0121 426 0441
Email: archdeaconofbham@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Secretary: Mrs Margaret Hyde
Tel: 0121 426 0403
Fax: 0121 428 1114
Email: m.hyde@birmingham.anglican.org

 
Dean of Cathedral
The Very Revd Catherine Ogle
Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, B3 2QB
Tel: 0121 262 1840
Fax: 0121 262 1860

Email: dean@birminghamcathedral.com


Chancellor of the Diocese
Vacant

Deputy Chancellor
Mr John Edwards
c/o Diocesan Registry, Martineau Solicitors, No. 1 Colmore Square,
Birmingham B4 6AA
Tel: 0800 763 1483
Fax: 0870 763 1883
Email: registry@birmingham.anglican.org

Registrar of the Diocese
Mr Hugh Carslake
Diocesan Registry, Martineau Solicitors, No. 1 Colmore Square,
Birmingham B4 6AA
Tel: 0800 763 1483
Fax: 0870 763 1883
Email: hugh.carslake@martineau-uk.com
 
Clerk to the Registrar
Mrs Pat Joyce
Email: pat.joyce@martineau-uk.com

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Church Buildings
Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches (DAC).
Advises the Diocesan Chancellor, and informally parishes, about changes to church buildings and contents and churchyards:

Chair: Dr Jim Berrow
 
Secretary: Adrian Mann
Tel: 0121-426 0405
Email: dac@birmingham.anglican.org

Assistant: Mrs Vicki Tildesley (from April 2012)
Tel: 0121 426 0423
Email: vicki@birmingham.anglican.org

Redundant Churches Uses Committee
Deals with future uses of buildings no longer used for worship.
Secretary: Adrian Mann
Tel: 0121-426 0405
Email: dac@birmingham.anglican.org

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Bishop’s Visitors
Ann Hall
1 Newton Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 8HL
Tel: 01564 774498

 
Judy Dyke
Tyndal Woods Solicitors, 29 Woodbourne Road,
Edgbaston, Birmingham B17 8DY
Tel: 0121 693 2222


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Diocesan Board of Education (DBE)
(Church Schools support, RE advice, St George's Community Hub, Church-parish links, Academies development)
Chair: The Ven. Hayward Osborne
Director of Education
The Revd Jackie Hughes
Tel: 0121 426 0417
Email: j.hughes@birmingham.anglican.org

Schools Support Officer
The Revd Peter French
Tel: 0121 426 0418
Email: p.french@birmingham.anglican.org

Religious Education Adviser
Mrs Jill Stolberg
Tel: 0121 426 0422
Email: jill@birmingham.anglican.org

PA and Administrator
Miss Emma Lardner
Tel: 0121-426 0419
Email: emma@birmingham.anglican.org

Administration Assistant
Melanie Luckman
0121 426 0419
E-mail: m.luckman@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Treasurer: Mr Robin Goater

Executive Committee - Chair: The Ven. Hayward Osborne
Buildings & Finance Committee - Chair: Mr Barrie Hall
Governors Committee - Chair: Mrs Pat Saunders
Curriculum & RE Committee - Chair: The Revd Linda Isiorho



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Communications Office
Bishop’s Director for Communications: Vacant
Tel: 0121 426 0438
Mob: 07973 173195
Email:

 
Assistant: Mrs Cara Butowski
Tel: 0121 426 0439
Email: c.butowski@birmingham.anglican.org


Communications Advisory Group
Chair: The Venerable Brian Russell
Secretary: Vacant

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Diocesan Trustees
(Birmingham Diocesan Trustees Registered)
Chairman: Mr Tim Cuthbertson
Secretary: Vacant

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Forum for Community Regeneration
Acting Chair: The Rt Revd Peter Hall
Vice Chair: Mr Frank Joyce
Director: Mr Fred Rattley
Email: f.rattley@birmingham.anglican.org


 
Assistant to Directors and Administration: Ms Deborah Browning
Tel: 0121 426 0442
Email: d.browning@birmingham.anglican.org

Diocesan Community Projects Committee
Chair: The Revd. Nigel Traynor
Secretary: Ms Debbie Browning

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Ministries (Mission Learning Group)
Delivering training and monitoring progress in "Transforming Church" goals of Disciplship, Leadershiip (both lay and ordained), Children's and Youth Ministry
 
Chair: The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
Tel: 0121 426 0400
Email: b.russell@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Bishop's Adviser for Clergy Continuing Ministerial Education:
The Revd Canon Mark Pryce
Tel: 0121 426 0430
Email: m.pryce@birmingham.anglican.org

Bishop’s Adviser for Children’s Ministry:
Ms Claire Wesley
Tel: 0121 426 0432
Email: c.wesley@birmingham.anglican.org

Bishop’s Adviser for Minority Ethnic Anglicans:
The Revd Joycelyn Gregory-Lewis
Tel: 0121 433 3492

Bishop’s Adviser for Youth Work:
Ms Helen Tomblin
Tel: 0121 426 0433
Email: helen@birmingham.anglican.org

Bishop’s Adviser, Lay Adult Education and Training:
The Revd Liz Howlett
Tel: 0121 426 0431
Email: l.howlett@birmingham.anglican.org

Diocesan Music Adviser:
Mr Mick Perrier
7 Melbury Grove, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6BN
Tel: 0121 604 8218
Email: mick@mperrier.freeserve.co.uk

Secretarial support:
Ms Andrea Stevens
Tel: 0121 426 0429
Email: a.stevens@birmingham.anglican.org

Miss Jenny Harris
Tel: 0121 426 0437
Email: j.harris@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Mrs Jelena Cammack
Tel: 0121 426 0435
Email: j.cammack@birmingham.anglican.org

Spirituality Focus Group Chair: The Revd John Austen
JohnAusten@iname.com


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Mission and Evangelism
Chair: Bishop Andrew
 
Transforming Church Co-ordinator (overseeing Local Mission):
The Revd Rhiannon Jones
Tel: 0121 454 5040 
Email: rhiannon@birmingham.anglican.org

Christian Stewardship Adviser: Jayne Grunnill
Tel: 0121 426 0424
Email: jayne@birmingham.anglican.org

Evangelism Group: The Revd Duncan Hill-Brown
 
Malawi Partnership Officer and Chair of Malawi Task Group:
The Revd Richard Tucker
Tel: 0121 354 5873    Mob: 07854 136870
Email: malawiofficer@birmingham.anglican.org

 
Partnership for World Mission
Chair: The Rt Revd Maurice Sinclair

Diocesan Ecumenical Officer
(working with Birmingham Churches Together)
Vacant





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Churches and Industry Group Birmingham (CIGB)
An ecumenical body coordinating Chaplaincy in the Workplace, and Christian engagement with the world of work and economic life.

Management Council Chair: The Ven Hayward Osborne

Team Leader and Chaplain to Birmingham City Council:
Mrs Barbara Hayes
Tel: 0121 426 0426
Email: b.hayes@birmingham.anglican.org

Secretary: Val Dalton
Tel: 0121 426 0425
Email: cigb@birmingham.anglican.org

Church of England Workplace Chaplains:
Birmingham Airport - The Revd Duncan Ballard
Fire Service - The Revd Linda Isiorho
                    The Revd Canon Stewart Jones
Jaguar - The Revd Colin Corke
Jewellery Quarter - The Revd Mary Gilbert
Land Rover - The Revd Linda Granner
Longbridge Construction - Stephen Plant
Touchwood Centre Solihull - Beryl Moppett (Team Leader)
 
 

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Finance and Property

Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF)
Chair: Mr Philip Nunnerley
Secretary: Mr Andrew Halstead
Email: AndrewH@birmingham.anglican.org

Grants, Loans & Review Sub-Committee (GLR)
Chair: The Revd Canon Tim Pilkington
Secretary: 

Finance, Investment & Property Subcommittee (FIPS)
Chair: Mr Philip Nunnerley
Secretary: Mr Andrew Halstead, Diocesan Secretary


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Interfaith Relations
Bishop's Advisor for Interfaith Relations 
& Director of The Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre:
Dr Andrew Smith
Tel: 07702 831090
Email: andrews@birmingham.anglican.org


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Funeral Ministry Advisers
Birmingham Archdeaconry - Rev'd Nigel Mason
0121 558 1763; n.mason@zoom.co.uk
Aston Archdeaconry - Rev'd Brian Castle
0121 779 2739; revbcastle@aol.com


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Liturgical Advisory Committee
Chair: The Revd Peter Babington
Secretary: The Revd Smitha Prasadam
Tel: 0121 602 0590
Email: vicar@stpaulshamstead.org.uk


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Ordinands, Vocations and Women’s Ministry
Director of Ordinands & Dean of Women’s Ministry:
The Revd Canon Faith Claringbull
Tel: 0121 426 0445
Email: f.claringbull@birmingham.anglican.org
 
Secretary: Mrs Marlyce Bryan
Tel: 0121 426 0446
Email: m.bryan@birmingham.anglican.org

 
Vocations Group
The Revd Paul Bracher (Coleshill deanery)
The Revd Stuart Dimes (Kings Norton)
The Revd Lorraine Dixon (Yardley and Bordesley)
The Revd Simon Marshall (Solihull)
The Revd Tim Meathrel (Edgbaston)
The Revd Gregg Mensingh (Aston)
The Revd Bill Moore (Sutton Coldfield)
The Revd Louise Shaw (Polesworth)
The Revd Canon Faith Claringbull

Bishop’s Advisers
Dr Tanya Arroba
Miss Mary Edwards
The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
The Revd Hugh Scriven
The Revd Pamela Ogilvie

Examining Chaplains to the Bishop
The Revd Jenny Arnold
The Revd Paul Cudby
The Revd Canon Nigel Hand
The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce
The Revd Charles Lawrence
The Revd Dr Andrew Lenox-Conyngham
The Revd Nigel Mason
The Revd Pamela Ogilvie
The Revd Rowena Pailing
The Revd Nick Parker
The Revd Canon Mark Pryce
The Revd Paul Rattigan
The Ven. Dr Brian Russell

 

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Pastoral Care of Clergy and their Families
Bishop’s Adviser, Pastoral Care of Clergy & their Families
The Revd Susannah Izzard
Tel: 0121 243 3745
Email: susannah.izzard@blueyonder.co.uk

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Property Services (Clergy Housing, School Buildings)
Diocesan Surveyor: Mr Alan Broadway
Tel: 0121 426 0408
Email: a.broadway@birmingham.anglican.org

 
Secretary to the Diocesan Surveyor: Mrs Sue Greathead
Tel: 0121 426 0409
Email: s.greathead@birmingham.anglican.org

Church House Caretaker: Mr John Price

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Readers’ Association
Warden of Readers: The Revd Martin Stephenson
Director of Readers’ Training: The Revd Liz Howlett
 
Secretary & Registrar: Mr Michael Lynch
Tel: 0121 242 0534
Email: mike4jeannie@blueyonder.co.uk

Engagements Secretary: Peter Conabeer
Initial Training Secretary: Juliet Bakker
Honorary Treasurer: Christine Porter
 
 
Assistant Wardens:
 
Coleshill Deanery - Mr Paul Raymer
Polesworth Deanery - Mrs Carolyn Baker
Solihull Deanery - Mr Paul Smith
 
Central Birmingham Deanery - Mrs Ruth Cooper
Edgbaston Deanery - Mr Malcolm Sorby
Handsworth Deanery - Mr David Harrison
Kings Norton Deanery - Ms Fay Fearon
Moseley Deanery - Mrs Anne Waugh
Shirley Deanery - Mr Ross Hayes
Warley Deanery - Mrs Jill MacDonald
 

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Retired Clergy: Honorary Chaplain
The Revd Canon John Nightingale
Tel: 0121 458 6182


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Surrogates
for taking Affadavits leading to the granting of Marriage Licences.

Please first contact the Diocesan Registry (0800 763 1483) for advice.

The Revd Richard Tucker
The Revd Anthony Perry

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Vacancy in See Committee
Chair: His Honour Judge Martin Cardinal
The Bishop of Aston
The Dean of the Cathedral: The Very Revd Catherine Ogle
Archdeacons: The Ven. Hayward Osborne, The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
Proctors in Convocation:
The Revd Catherine Griylls
The Revd Canon Nigel Hand
The Ven. Hayward Osborne
House of Laity:
Dr Rachel Jepson
Canon Dr Paula Gooder
Mr Robert Holgate
Chair House of Clergy The Revd Martin Stephenson
Chair House of Laity Mr Stephen Fraser (Aston)
Elected Members
Clergy

The Revd Dr Andy Jolley
The Revd Canon Michael Parker
Laity
Appointed by Bishop’s Council
Miss Jane Andrews
Mr Steven Hanna
The Revd Annette Hanny.



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Diocese of Birmingham, 175 Harborne Park Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0BH
Tel: 0121 426 0400 email: website@birmingham.anglican.org

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