Below is a contact list for Birmingham Diocese.
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Bishops, Senior Clergy and Staff
Church Buildings
Redundant Churches Uses Committee
Bishop's Visitors
Board of Education
Schools Support Officer
Religious Education Adviser
Curriculum & RE Committee
Communications Office
Communications Advisory Group
Diocesan Office Librarian
Diocesan Trustees
Forum for Community Regeneration
Diocesan Community Projects Committee
Forum for Ministries
Forum for Mission and Evangelism
Churches’ Industrial Group Birmingham
Finance and Property
Interfaith Relations
Funeral Ministry
Liturgical Advisory Committee
Ordinands, Vocations and Women’s Ministry
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 and Widows
Surrogates
Vacancy in See Committee

Bishops, Senior Clergy And Staff
Bishop for the Diocese of Birmingham
(from November 2006)
The Rt Revd David Urquhart
Chaplain: The Revd Canon Andrew Gorham
Email: bishopschaplain@birmingham.anglican.org
Secretary: Mrs Christine Wright
Bishop’s Croft, Old Church Road,
Harborne, Birmingham B17 0BG
Tel: 0121 427 1163
Fax: 0121 426 1322
Email: bishop@birmingham.anglican.org
Secretary: Mrs Pam Rhodes
Bishop’s Croft, Old Church Road,
Harborne, Birmingham B17 0BG
Tel: 0121 427 1163
Email: c.wright@birmingham.anglican.org
Bishop of Aston:
Vacant
Honorary Assistant Bishops
The Rt Revd Anthony Dumper
Tel: 0121 458 3011
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 Andrew Burnham
Tel: 01865 390746
Archdeacon of Aston
The Ven Dr Brian Russell
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
175 Harborne Park Road, 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
Email: archdeaconofbham@birmingham.anglican.org
Dean of Cathedral
The Very Revd Robert Wilkes
Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, B3 2QB
Tel: 0121 262 1840
Fax: 0121 262 1860
Email: dean@birminghamcathedral.com
Chancellor of the Diocese
His Honour Judge Martin Cardinal
c/o Diocesan Registry, Martineau Johnson, No. 1 Colmore Square,
Birmingham B4 6AA
Tel: 0870 763 1483
Fax: 0870 763 1883
Email: registry@birmingham.anglican.org
Registrar of the Diocese
Mr Hugh Carslake
Martineau Johnson Solicitors
Diocesan Registry, Martineau Johnson, No. 1 Colmore Square,
Birmingham B4 6AA
Tel: 0870 763 1483
Fax: 0870 763 1883
Email: hugh.carslake@martjohn.com
Clerk to the Registrar
Mrs Mary Law
Email: mary.law@martjohn.com
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Church Buildings
Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches DAC.
Advises the Diocesan Chancellor, and informally parishes, about changes to church buildings and contents and churchyards:
Secretary:
Tim Clayton
Tel: 0121-426 0405
Email: dac@birmingham.anglican.org
Assistant: Miss Vicki Webster
Tel: 0121 426 0423
Email: vicki@birmingham.anglican.org
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Redundant Churches Uses Committee
Deals with future uses of buildings no longer used for worship.
Secretary: Tim Clayton
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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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Board of Education
(Church Schools support, RE advice, St George's Post 16 Centre, Church-parish links)
Chair:
The Ven. Hayward Osborne
Director:
Miss Mary Edwards
Tel: 0121 426 0417
Email: m.edwards@birmingham.anglican.org
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Schools Support Officer
The Revd Peter French
Tel: 0121 426 0418
Email: p.french@birmingham.anglican.org
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Religious Education Adviser
Mrs Jill Stolberg
0121 426 0420
Email: jill@birmingham.anglican.org PA and Administrator
Miss Emma Lardner
Tel: 0121-426 0419
Email: emma@birmingham.anglican.org
Treasurer
Canon Paul Wilson, Deputy Diocesan Secretary (Finance)
Executive Committee
Chair:
The Ven. Hayward Osborne
Secretary:
Miss Mary Edwards
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Curriculum & RE Committee
Chairman:
Mr Michael Whitewood
Secretary:
Mrs Jill Stolberg
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Communications Office
Bishop’s Director for Communications:
Mrs Jessica Foster
Tel: 0121 426 0438
Mob:
07973 173195
Email: j.foster@birmingham.anglican.org
Assistant:
Mrs Cara Butowski
Tel: 0121 426 0439
Email: c.butowski@birmingham.anglican.org
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Communications Advisory Group
Chair:
The Venerable Brian Russell
Secretary:
Mrs Jessica Foster

Diocesan Office Librarian
Mrs Rose Murray (Mon & Thurs am)
Email: r.murray@birmingham.anglican.org
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Diocesan Trustees
(Birmingham Diocesan Trustees Registered)
Chairman:
Mr Tim Cuthbertson
Secretary:
Canon Paul Wilson, Deputy Diocesan Secretary (Finance)
Email: p.wilson@birmingham.anglican.org
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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
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Diocesan Community Projects Committee
Chair:
The Revd. Simon Thorburn
Secretary:
Ms Debbie Browning
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Forum for Ministries
Chair:
The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
Tel: 0121 426 0400
Email: b.russell@birmingham.anglican.org
Vice-Chair: The Revd Canon John Nightingale
Secretary: The Revd Mark Pryce
Bishop’s Adviser for Clergy Continuing Ministerial Education:
The Revd Mark Pryce
Tel: 0121 426 0430
Email: m.pryce@birmingham.anglican.org
Bishop’s Adviser for Children’s Ministry:
Mrs Jo Musson
Tel: 0121 426 0432
Email: j.musson@birmingham.anglican.org
Volunteer Assistant Adviser for Children’s Ministry:
Ms Claire Wesley
Tel: 0121 426 0427
Email: c.wesley@birmingham.anglican.org
Bishop’s Adviser for Minority Ethnic Anglicans:
Dr Mukti Barton
Tel: 0121 426 0436
Email: m.barton@birmingham.anglican.org
Email: mukti@barton8.wanadoo.co.uk
Bishop’s Adviser for Youth Work:
Ms Helen Tomblin
Tel: 0121 426 0433
Email: helen@birmingham.anglican.org
Bishop’s Adviser, Lay Adult Educ. & 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: nick@mperrier.freeserve.co.uk
Secretarial support for Forum of Ministries:
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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Forum for Mission and Evangelism
Acting chair:
Bishop David
Director for Mission:
The Revd Canon Peter Howell-Jones
Tel: 0121 262 1852
Mob:
07976 747535
Email: missionforum@birminghamcathedral.com
Mission Team Secretary
and Partnership
for World Mission
Coordinator: Sally
Bossingham
0121 262 1852
Christian Stewardship Adviser:
Vacant
Evangelism Group:
The Revd Duncan Hill-Brown
Malawi Co-ordinating Committee:
The Revd Philip Swan
Renewal Group:
The Revd Stephen Corbett
Partnership for World Mission (Chair):
The Rt Revd Maurice Sinclair
Diocesan Ecumenical Officer advising on Local Ecumenical Partnerships:
The Revd David James
Forum for Church and World:
Chair:
To be appointed
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Churches’ Industrial Group Birmingham (CIGB) – Co-ordinating Industrial Chaplaincy ecumenically
Chair:
The Ven Hayward Osborne
Team Leader and Chaplain to Birmingham International Airport:
Barbara Hayes
Tel: 0121 426 0426
Email: b.hayes@birmingham.anglican.org
Secretary:
Mrs Yvonne Blakemore
Tel: 0121 426 0425
Email: cigb@birmingham.anglican.org
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Finance and Property
Board of Finance (DBF)
Chair:
Mr David Briggs
Alderley, 21 Ashleigh Road, Solihull B91 1AE
Tel: 0121 270 6726
Fax: 0870 132 8210
Email: davidfbriggs@blueyonder.co.uk
Secretary:
Mr Jim Drennan
Email: j.drennan@birmingham.anglican.org
Grants, Loans & Review Sub-Committee (GLR)
Chair:
The Revd Canon Rob Morris
Secretary:
Canon Paul Wilson, Deputy Diocesan Secretary (Finance)
Finance, Investment & Property Subcommittee (FIPS)
Chair:
Mr David Briggs
Secretary:
Mr Jim Drennan, Diocesan Secretary
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Interfaith Relations
Bishop's Advisor for Interfaith Relations:
Rev Dr Toby Howarth
Tel: 0121 777 1989
Email: interfaith@birmingham.anglican.org

Funeral Ministry
Adviser:
The Revd Darren Smith
Tel: 0121 354 3281
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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 Pat Logan
Tel: 0121 426 0446
Email: p.logan@birmingham.anglican.org
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Bishop’s Advisers
Dr Tanya Arroba
Miss Mary Edwards
The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
The Revd Hugh Scriven
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Examining Chaplains to the Bishop
The Revd Canon Michael Parker
Canon Dr Paula Gooder
The Revd Mark Pryce
The Revd Dr Andrew Lenox-Conyngham
The Revd Dr Martin Roberts
The Revd Pam Nicholson
The Revd Dr Alison Joyce
The Revd Canon Jemima Prasadam
The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
The Revd Philip Swan
The Revd Dr Toby Howarth
The Revd Philip Wells
The Revd Nigel Hand
The Revd Canon John Wilkinson
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Vocations Group
The Revd Paul Bracher
The Revd Daniel Bowen
The Revd Bill Moore
The Revd Anthony Perry
The Revd Matthew Rhodes
The Revd Martin Stephenson
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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
Assistant Diocesan Surveyor:
Mr Richard Barnes
Tel: 0121 426 0407
Email: r.barnes@birmingham.anglican.org
Secretary to the Diocesan Surveyor:
Mrs Sue Greathead
Tel: 0121 426 0409
Email: s.greathead@birmingham.anglican.org
Secretary to the Assistant Surveyor:
Mrs Mary Rose
Tel: 0121 426 0410
Email: m.rose@birmingham.anglican.org
Caretaker:
Mr John Price
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Readers’ Association
Warden of Readers:
The Revd Canon John Nightingale
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
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Retired Clergy & Widows:
Honorary Chaplains
The Revd Chris Aldridge (Aston Archdeaconry)
The Revd Raymond Price (Birmingham Archdeaconry)
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Surrogates
for Taking Affidavits leading to the granting of Marriage Licences
Please first contact the Diocesan Registry (0870 763 1483) for advice.
The Revd Canon Michael Blood
The Revd Michael Morgan
The Revd Richard Tucker
The Revd Anthony Perry

Vacancy in See Committee
Chair: His Honour Judge Martin Cardinal
House of Bishops:
Vacant
The Dean of the Cathedral:
The Very Revd Bob Wilkes
Archdeacons
The Ven. Hayward Osborne, The Ven. Dr Brian Russell
Proctors in Convocation
The Revd Peter French
The Revd Canon John Hughes
The Ven. Hayward Osborne (listed above)
House of Laity
Miss Rachel Jepson
Canon Dr Paula Gooder
Canon Dr Terry Slater
Chair House of Clergy
The Revd Canon Peter Howell-Jones (Birmingham)
Chair House of Laity
Mr Stephen Fraser (Aston)
Elected Members
Clergy
The Revd Dr Andy Jolley
The Revd Canon Michael Parker
Laity
Mr Robert Holgate
Appointed by Bishop’s Council
Miss Jane Andrews
Mr Steven Hanna
The Revd Annette Hanny.
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