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Zoe Hallam and William Bishop won the senior and junior national finals of the Prayer Book Society’s Cranmer awards on Saturday. The Dean of Westminster, the Very Revd John Hall, presented the prizes © not advert
Well read: Zoe Hallam and William Bishop won the senior and junior national finals of the Prayer Book Society’s Cranmer awards on Saturday. The Dean of Westminster, the Very Revd John Hall, presented the prizes
On song: the Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Revd David Urquhart, with the Deaf Choir at the Deaf Church at the new Deaf Cultural Centre in Birmingham, a month ago © not advert
On song: the Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Revd David Urquhart, with the Deaf Choir at the Deaf Church at the new Deaf Cultural Centre in Birmingham, a month ago

New Zealand considers Canadian bishop
THE New Zealand House of Bishops is said to have been sent the name of the former Bishop of Edmonton, in Canada, the Rt Revd Victoria Matthews, as the next Bishop of the diocese of Christchurch, in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia by the Church’s electoral synod. Bishop Matthews supports the blessing of same-sex unions, but not the breach of the tradition of the Church. She resigned from her diocese last year for personal reasons. If the bishops agree, her name goes to the Church’s General Synod for a mail ballot. An official announcement is expected within two or three weeks.

Board of Deputies president tells off Tory leader
THE Board of Deputies of British Jews said that it was “surprised and disappointed” that the Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, had described government support for school visits to Auschwitz as a “gimmick”. “MPs of all parties have supported these visits and understand their importance,” the president of the Board of Deputies, Henry Grunwald QC, said last week.

Welsh bishop and his wife part
THE Bishop of St Davids, the Rt Revd Carl Cooper, and his wife, Joy, have separated after “difficulties” in their relationship. In a letter to the clergy of the diocese, they said that no one else was involved on either side. They have three children, aged 17, 20, and 22.

Synod corrections
 In our General Synod coverage, we called the Ven. Peter Ballard Archdeacon of Blackburn, not (as he is) Lancaster; and we called Gill Henwood Bill. Also, in a general shot of the Synod, which we captioned “standing ovation”, Synod members were actually praying. Our apologies.



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