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We have 21 candidates being ordained this year across the weekend of July 2 and 3.
This page you are on now features personal profiles of each ordinand.
And visit this page for the main news story and this year's pre-ordination video featuring four of the ordinands and Bishop Julian, Bishop Philip and Bishop Jill.
The following will be ordained Priest and Deacon by the Bishop of Blackburn, Rt Rev Julian Henderson, at Blackburn Cathedral on Saturday, July 2. These will be the last ordinations for Bishop Julian, who is retiring in mid-July.
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Chorley St George Rev Michael Print
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Euxton Parish Church Rev Jo Smith
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Blackburn Christ Church with St Andrew’s Livesey Rev Canon Andrew Raynes
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Thornton le Fylde Christ Church Rev Damian Platt
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Leyland St Andrew Rev David Whitehouse
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Blackburn St Aidan, St Luke, St Mark and St Philips Rev Jason Gardner
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Broughton St John Rev Canon Fleur Green
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Fulwood St Cuthbert Rev Mark Bradford
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Preston All Saints Rev Nathan Buttery
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Preston St Stephen Rev Dave Hanson
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Longridge St Lawrence with St Paul Rev Mike Barton
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Fulwood St Cuthbert Rev Mark Bradford
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Ellel St John Rev Craig Abbot
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Rufford with Holmeswood St Mary and Tarleton Holy Trinity Rev Canon Mark Soady
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Higher Walton All Saints and Hoghton Holy Trinity Rev Hannah Boyd
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St Anne’s on Sea, St Annes Rev Glen Brooks
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Remaining in Grange Park, Blackpool Rev Peter Lillicrap
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Bamber Bridge and Walton Le Dale Rev Shaun Baldwin
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Leyland St John’s Rev Andy Meeson
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Jordan Bentliff
Amy Bland
Sam Dickinson
Andrew Downes
Lloyd Etheridge
Alan Gault
Nathaniel Gilmour
Liz Gethin
Simon Griffiths
Barbara Houghton
Simon King
Martin McDonald
Ian McGrath
Tristan Meares
Bryn Naylor
Ryan Otley
Matthew Rowley
Anna Walker
Mark Wooding
The following will be ordained Priest by The Bishop of Burnley, Rt Rev Philip North, on Sunday, July 3, at St Mary Magdalen, Accrington.
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Accrington Saint Andrew, Saint Mary Magdalen and Saint Peter and Church Kirk Rev Canon David Arnold
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Torrisholme The Ascension Rev Damian Porter
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Jordan McDermott
Matteo Zambon
Ronnie Semley, July 2022