Signatories to the open letter –
A Response to the House of Bishops Guidance on Transgender Welcome

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Licensed Clergy

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TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mr Malcolm Reid P.C.C. Member, Deputy Church warden ,Uphill, Weston-super -Mare Bath and Wells
Rev Christabel Ager Associate Minister, Seven Sowers Benefice Bath and Wells
Rev Morey Andrews Mission Enabler Bath and Wells
Rev Rosemary Ashley Rector Charlton Musgrove, Cucklington, Stoke Trister with Bayford Bath and Wells
Rev Tom Benyon curate Bath and Wells
Rev Timothy Butlin Bath and Wells
Rev Mark Cregan Rector Bath and Wells
Rev James Dudley-Smith Rector of Yeovil with Kingston Pitney; Area Dean of Yeovil Bath and Wells
Rev Michael Farrier SSM Bath Bath and Wells
Rev Matthew Frankum Vicar, St. Luke's, Bath Bath and Wells
Rev Jonty Frith Rector, Bathampton and Claverton Bath and Wells
Rev Stuart Huntley Rector Wulfric Benefice, Crewkerne Bath and Wells
Rev Preb. Ian Lewis Vicar, St Bart's, Bath Bath and Wells
Rev Mark Madeley Rector, St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare Bath and Wells
Rev Guy Martin-Scott Assistant curate of the benefice of Coxley with Godney, Henton, and Wookey Bath and Wells
Rev Jane Mitchell Bath and Wells
Rev James Packman Rector, Holy Trinity Nailsea Bath and Wells
Rev Scott Patterson Rector - Curry Rivel, Fivehead and Swell Bath and Wells
Rev Tom Putt Associate Minister, Yeovil with Kingston Pitney Bath and Wells
Rev Kevin Rogers Rector Bath and Wells
Rev James Taylor Assistant Curate, Holy Trinity Church, Bridgwater Bath and Wells
Rev Jane Twitty Vicar, Levels Arc Benefice Bath and Wells
Rev Andy Wadsworth Rector, All Saints Trull with St Michael's Angersleigh Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Clive Garrett Rector Bath Weston St. John with St. Nicholas Kelston Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Jeremy Hovil Associate Minister Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Jonathan Hunter Dunn Rector Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Ed Moll Vicar, St George's Wembdon Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Rich Tweedy Vicar, The Polden Wheel Bath and Wells
Ven Dr Adrian Youings Archdeacon of Bath Bath and Wells
Other (add in First Name) Revd Pete Sainsbury Vicar • Christ Church Summerfield Birmingham
Rev Philip Ansell Vicar, St Agnes, Moseley Birmingham
Rev Toby Crowe Rector of Elmdon Birmingham
Rev Ben Green Vicar of Amington Birmingham
Rev Nigel Hand Birmingham Cathedral Birmingham
Rev Chris Hobbs Vicar, St Stephen and St Wulstan, Selly Park, Birmingham Birmingham
Rev Janet Knox Assistant Priest St Boniface, Quinton, Secretary Awesome Birmingham
Rev Andrew Martin Associate Minister, St Stephen & St Wulstan, Selly Park Birmingham
Rev Ray Yates Vicar St Boniface Church Quinton Birmingham
Revd Dr Joshva Raja John Christopher Vicar Birmingham
Revd Dr Nicholas Tucker Vicar, Edgbaston St Bartholomew Birmingham
Rev Christopher Anderton Curate, Benefice of the Redeemer Blackburn
Rev David Arnold Vicar, Adlington Blackburn
Rev Paul Benfield Diocesan Registrar Blackburn
Rev Paul Boulter Vicar, St Paul's Caton and St Cuthbert's Over Kellet Blackburn
Rev Jenny Brown Associate Vicar of St Anne's Shevington, Standish Lower Ground and Crooke. Blackburn
Rev Andrew Brown Vicar of Shevington Blackburn
Rev Gary Bullock Assistant Curate, Heapey with Withnell Blackburn
Rev Nathan Buttery Vicar, All Saints Preston Blackburn
Rev Paul Bye Vicar Blackburn
Rev Alan Byrom Vicar Christ Church with All Saints Blackpool Blackburn

Clergy with PTO

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Rev Andrew Kearns Associate Minister, Arborfield & Barkham Oxford
Rev Desmond Kelly PTO St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Other (add in First Name) The Very Revd Robert Key Retired Dean of Jersey Bath and Wells
Rev Geoff Kimber retired priest Exeter
Rev Stuart Kimber Birmingham
Other (add in First Name) Rev Canon David Kirkwood Active retired clergy Derby
Revd Dr Hartmut Kopsch PTO St Edyths, Sea Mills, Bristol Bristol
Rev Di Lammas retired Norwich
Other (add in First Name) The Revd Canon Andrew Lenox-Conyngham Canon Emeritus of Birmingham Cathedral Birmingham
Rev Graham LOUGHLIN Retired asst Holy Trinity Cannes Europe
Revd Dr Robert Love Retired PTO Chelmsford
Rev MICHAEL LUMGAIR Word Ministry at Christ Church Bromley Rochester
Rev David MacInnes Retired Oxford
Rev Gerald March PTO Swinbrook Oxford
Rev Peter Markby Chichester
Rev John Martin Hon. assistant priest, Cricklade Gloucester
Rev Bob Mason Retired, Southsea Portsmouth
Rev Keith Massey Member, All Saints, Marple Chester
Rev David Mathers Retired vicar St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Rev Peter Matthew Senior Minister, The Windsor Fellowship Church Oxford
Rev Charles May Hon. Assistant Minister Peterborough
Rev David Mayhew St. John's, Westwood Coventry
Rev James McAllen PTO Carlisle
Rev Roy McAllen Retired Chichester
Rev Cat Meakin PTO Holy Trinity Cambridge Ely
Rev Suresh Menon Associate Minister Guildford
Rev Mark Meynell Oxford
Revd Dr Mike Miller Prison chaplain Exeter
Rev John Moore Retired Coventry
Rev David Munby Retired vicar Leeds
Rev David Newman Retired, but assisting in St Bartholomew's Crewkerne Bath and Wells
Mr Brian Nicholson Retired clergyman Winchester
Rev Peter Nicholson Holy Trinity, Rayleigh Chelmsford
Rev JAMES NOLAN Retired PTO Walsingham and Barsham Benefice Norwich
Rev Gillian Orpin Retired St Albans
Rev Peter Ould PTO, St Mary Bredin Canterbury Canterbury
Rev Andrew Palmer Senior Minister, Christ Church Balham Southwark
Rev Mary Parish Chichester
Rev Ian Parkinson Sheffield
Rev John Percival PTO, St Matthew's, Cambridge Ely
Rev David Perrett Retired Peterborough
Rev Howard Peskett PTO Truro
Rev Canon John Philpott Exe Mission Community Exeter
Revd Dr Mark Pickles Director of NorthWest Partnership, Christchurch Wharton Chester
Rev Elizabeth Plant Assistant Minister Deane Church Manchester
Rev David Pollard Retired Truro
Rev STUART POOLE St Mary's Cheadle Chester
Rev Ray Porter Asst. minister st Mary’s Eaton Socon St Albans
Rev Oswald Post Derby
Rev Andy Poultney Sheffield

Readers and Ordinands

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mr Timothy Armstrong Ordinand Southwark
Mrs Joyce Ashton Reader stjames chorley Blackburn
Mr Nick Ashton Exeter
Mr Matthew Austen Ordinand, St Stephen’s House, Oxford Chelmsford
Other (add in First Name) Luke Aylen Ordinand, All Souls Eastbourne Chichester
Mr Rory Balfour Ordinand Durham
Dr Christopher Bartley Liverpool
Mr Barry Bates PCC Member Broadwater Parish Church (St Mary) Chichester
Miss Judith Battersby Chester
Mr Angus Beattie St Barnabas Northolt Park London
Mr Andrew Bellis Ordinand Chelmsford
Mr Ian Bensted LLM, Kingston, Fyfield & Tubney Benefice Oxford
Mr John [email protected] LLM at Canford Magna Parish Salisbury
Mr Jordan Betts Sheffield
Mr Christopher Bevis LLM with PTO, St John's Woking Guildford
Rev Peter Birnie Assistant Minister York
Dr Eddie Boyes St Bartholomew's, Roby Liverpool
Mr Duncan Brisk ordinand Chelmsford
Mr Martin Bristow Reader St Lukes , Blakenhall Wolverhampton Lichfield
Other (add in First Name) Captain David Brown Reader, St Mary's Colton Lichfield
Dr Paul Buckingham Reader, St John's Corby Peterborough
Mrs Lynda Buckley Reader, St Michael & St Barnabas, Devonport Exeter
Mr Jeremy Burdett Reader St. Mary's Newick Chichester
Mr Charlie Butler Ordinand, Christ Church Cockfosters Ely
Mr David Cansdale Reader Christ Church Chorleywood St Albans
Miss Rosemary Capon St Mary the Virgin, Eardisland Hereford
Mr DAVID CARPENTER Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) St Lawrence's Darlaston Lichfield
Mr Arthur Carter Reader. High Halstow & Allhallows Rochester
Mr David Casey Reader Christ Church Huntingdon Ely
Mr Joseph Champneys Reader, All Saints Brenchley Rochester
Miss Simona Chang London
Other (add in First Name) Canon Nigel Chetwood Reader at Holy Trinity Tewkesbury Gloucester
Mr Ian Chidlow Ordinand Chester
Dr David Child Reader StGermain Birmingham
Mr John Clark Deanery Lay Chair Lichfield
Mr Paul Clarke Reader Woolpit with Drinkstone St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mr Benjamin Clarke Ordinand, Oak Hill College Chelmsford
Mr Malcolm Colmer All Saints Childwall, Liverpool Liverpool
Mr Rob Cook Reader, St. Michael Stanwix Carlisle
Mr Mark Cooper Ordinand, St Mellitus College Liverpool
Mr John Cooper Christ Church, Nth Finchley London
Mrs Jean Corfield LLM Chesham Oxford
Mrs Jane Cornish reader. Parish of St Matthew Triangle and All Saints Ipswich St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mr Alan Cossey Licensed Lay Minister, Mattishall and Tudd Valley Norwich
Mr Andrew Cowan Ordinand London
Mr Tim Cox Vice Chair, House of Laity, Blackburn Diocesan Synod. Worship at St Stephen's, Preston Blackburn
Mr Richard Criddle Ordinand Manchester
Mr Garry Critchley Reader All Saints Childwall Liverpool
Mr Adam Curtis Rochester
Mr Paul Davies Ordinand London

Lay Officer Holders

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Miss Judith Acheson PCC member All Saints Crowborough Chichester
Mr Tim Adams 6.30 Congregation Minister, St Mary's Maidenhead Oxford
Rev Ramzi Adcock Executive Minister, Jesmond Parish Church Newcastle
Mr James Addison Vision Champion - parish of Padiham with Hapton and Padiham Green Blackburn
Mrs Kayra Akpinar Warden, Church of the Resurrection-Pera, İstanbul Europe
Mr David Alexander PCC Member All Saints Crowborough Chichester
Mr Mark Alexander Ministry Assistant Exeter
Mr Joshua Ananda-Rajan Associate Youth and Children's Worker London
Mr Jeremy Anderson Churchwarden, St Helen Bishopsgate London
Mr Rory Anderson Churchwarden, St Helen Bishopsgate. Lay Chair, City Deanery London
Mr Michael Andrews Member, Enfield Deanery Synod; Director of Music, Christ Church Cockfosters London
Other (add in First Name) Colonel Edward Armitstead PCC Member St John's with Kingston Pitney, Yeovil Bath and Wells
Mr Jonathan Arnold Senior Staff Worker, All Souls Eastbourne Chichester
Mrs Carolyn Ash PCC member, StAG, Cambridge Ely
Mr Stephen Baldock Lay Worship Leader, Portway & Danebury Team Ministry Winchester
Mr Darren Barker Churchwarden, Hampstead London
Mr David Barlow Intern at St Nics Southwell & Nottingham
Dr Tessa Barton PCC Member Exeter
Mr Nicholas Batt Family, Youth and Children's Minister Rochester
Dr William Belcher Member of General Synod Gloucester
Dr Andrew Bell Churchwarden St James Gerrards Cross and General Synod member Oxford
Mr Nicholas Bennett Churchwarden, Shepton Mallet Bath and Wells
Mr Michael Bennett PCC Lay Chair Necton Norwich
Mr Timothy Benstead Churchwarden St John Newland York
Mr Christopher Berkeley Churchwarden, Emmanuel Church Wimbledon Southwark
Mr Clive Berry LLM and Curchwarden, Hanborough Oxford
Ms Linda Biscomb PCC member St Andrews Ashton-on Ribble Blackburn
Miss Hannah Blake Women's and Children's Worker, St Nicholas Sevenoaks Rochester
Mr Luke Blakeley Youth Pastor, Cheadle St Marys Chester
Mr Barry Clive Blakesley PCC Great Yarmouth Norwich
Mr Paul Board PCC member, East Dean, Alfriston, Jevington Chichester
Mrs Shelley Bowdery Special Services Coordinator. St Mary & St Nicholas Church Compton, Berkshire Oxford
Mrs Jean Bowring Diocesan,Deanery and P.C.C.Tonbridge Parish Rochester
Mr Paul Boyd-Lee Lay General Synod, Sherborne Salisbury
Mrs Joy Brading St Andrews Church Oakington Ely
Mr Clive Bradley Churchwarden St James and St Paul’s Lichfield
Mr Thomas Brewster Youth Minister, Normanton-by-Derby Derby
Miss Eleanor Brindle Youth Minister, Mission Ipswich East St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mrs Emma Brinton PCC Member, Winklebury and Worting Winchester
Other (add in First Name) Canon Leslie Brock Leader Chelmsford
Mr David Brock Church Warden, All Saints, Little Shelford Ely
Mrs Rebecca Brookes Parish Assistant, St. Giles' Derby Derby
Mr Stuart Brooks Churchwarden. St Paul, Harold Hill Chelmsford
Mr Nathan Brown Treasurer, Christ Church Huntingdon Ely
Mr Henry Brown PCC member All Souls Eastbourne Chichester
Mr Martin Brown Church Warden Peterborough
Mr Andrew Brown Churchwarden, St John's Felbridge Southwark
Mr Richard Brown Lay Reader, St Michael and All Angles, Westcliff Chelmsford
Mr Timothy Browne Church Warden, St Philip and St Jacob with Emmanuel Bristol
Mr Christopher Bruce Children's and Youth Minister - Emmanuel Tolworth Southwark

Lay members of C of E

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mrs Petra Abbott PCC Member - Exeter Exeter
Mr Martin Adams Communicant, St Mary’s Bletchley Peterborough
Mr Simon Adcock London
Dr Susan Addison Jesmond Newcastle
Mr Aldemir Akpinar Pera Resurrection Church Europe
Dr Rebecca Akroyd Chichester
Mr David Akroyd London
Dr Ugochukwu Akuwudike PCC member, Holy Sepulchre Cambridge Ely
Mrs Ruth Alcazar’s Chester
Dr Katie Alcock Lay Member, St Luke's, Skerton Blackburn
Mrs Sharon Alexander PCC member-Bovey Tracey Exeter
Mrs Claire Alldritt Lay member, St Thomas Oakwood London
Miss Catherine Allen Music Minister, All Saints, Crowborough Chichester
Mrs Heather Allen Chichester
Mrs Katrina Allsop-Jones Cleaner, Risley Derby
Mr Keith Alsop Lay Member, Winklebury & Worting. Former member, General Synod; former member, lay vice-president and chairman of the house of laity, London Diocesan Synod Winchester
Miss Helen Alsop Emmanuel Church Northwood, London
Mrs Jo Amey St John with St Michael Winchester
Mrs Rachel Anderson St. Helen's Bishopsgate, Children's Work London
Mrs Jenny Anderson Bible study leader, St Helen Bishopsgate London
Mrs Gillian Andrews Bath and Wells
Mrs Suzy Andrews Lichfield
Mrs Kate Andreyev St Peter's Stapenhill Derby
Mr Thomas Archdale Southwark
Mrs Rachel Argent-Belcher Chester
Mr John Arkell Retired Associate Minister. Holy Trinity, Exeter Exeter
Mrs Caroline Armitstead Lay. St John's with Kingston Pitney, Yeovil Bath and Wells
Mrs Jill Armstead Parishioner, St Mary’s Barnham Chichester
Mrs Catherine Armstrong castle church parish Lichfield
Mrs Suzi Arnold Church member, Hove Chichester
Mrs Christine Arnsby PCC member Birmingham
Mrs Katie Ash Chaplain’s wife, Cheltenham Gloucester
Mr Paul Ashworth Youth leader Southwark
Mrs Margaret Ashworth St Michael Keaton Belfrey york York
Mr Prof Allan Ashworth Lay York
Mrs Tiffany Atkins Member of St George’s Chesterton Ely
Mr Steve Atkinson Warden, Christ Church, Chadderton Manchester
Mrs Julia Attwell Frimley Green and Mytchett Guildford
Mr David Austen Lay person, St Leonard's, Exeter Exeter
Mr Kingsley Austin PCC: All Saints, Childwall Liverpool
Mrs Alison Bailey-Castellina Church member, St Mark's Tunbridge Wells Rochester
Mrs Jane Baker Member, St Thomas' Kidsgrove Lichfield
Mrs Dawn Baker Church member of St Simon & St Jude; East Dean & Friston Chichester
Mr Chris Balaam Treasurer Chelmsford
Miss Kate Balagtey Chelmsford
Miss Anne Balchin Otley Leeds
Dr Janet Baldock PCC Over Wallop Winchester
Mrs Sue Baldwin Chichester
Mrs Amanda Ball Peterborough
Mr Graham Ball Welcomer at Christ Church Downend Bristol