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A total of 24 new Priests and Deacons are all set to celebrate embarking on a new phase of their lives as the weekend of ordination services for our County approaches.
Below are pictures of each ordinand alongside a personal profile questionnaire to help you get to know them a bit better.
- Visit this page for the latest news story on the ordination weekend and more about social media over the coming days as well.
We also have a great new video, featuring five of this year’s cohort, which is available now on our YouTube channel and also features Rt Rev Philip North, Bishop of Blackburn and Rt Rev Dr Jill Duff, Anglican Bishop of Lancaster. Watch the video below.
The following will be ordained Priest and Deacon at Blackburn Cathedral with Bishop Philip on Saturday 1 July and on Sunday 2 July at Broughton St John with Bishop Jill at 10.30am, Thornton Christ Church with Bishop Tony Porter at 2pm and Chorley St George with Bishop Philip at 5.30pm.
- Livestream for Cathedral service is available on their YouTube channel
- Livestream for Broughton St John is here on YouTube
- Livestream for Thornton Christ Church is available on YouTube or Facebook
- A livestream may be available for St George's and will appear here if so.
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Ribbleton
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Chorley St George
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Blackburn Christ Church with St Matthew
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Blackburn St Stephen and St James
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Thornton-le-Fylde Christ Church
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Leyland St Andrew
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Darwen St Cuthbert with Tockholes St Stephen and East Lancashire Hospitals Trust NHS Chaplaincy
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West Pendleside
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Blackburn St Aidan and St Luke, St Mark and St Philip
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Hoddlesden St Paul and Darwen St Barnabas
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Broughton St John Baptist
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Poulton-le-Sands Holy Trinity with Morecambe St Laurence
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Lea St Christopher
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Leyland St James
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Adlington St Paul
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Buckshaw Village Conventional District
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Lancaster St Chad Skerton (in plurality with) Lancaster St Luke Skerton
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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St Annes on Sea St Anne (Heyhouses)
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Blackpool The Trinity Benefice
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Little Thornton St John the Evangelist
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Blackpool St John
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Blackpool St Thomas
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Emily Barry
Jordan Bentliff
Samuel Dickinson
Peter Dillon
Andrew Downes
Lloyd Etheridge
Rachel Fielding
Rachel Frost
Alan Gault
Matthew Gaze
Nathanial Gilmour
Jennifer Guilder
Joe Houghton
Andrew Kesiak
Jean Kouacou
Stuart Longworth
Nikki Mann
Martin McDonald
Ryan Otley
Matt Rowley
Kathryn Sperring
Tom Swallow
LJ Tiffney