Membership of the Newcastle Diocesan Synod
Members of the Diocesan Synod are either:
- elected by their Deanery Synod
- nominated by the Diocesan Bishop
- ex-officio due to the role that they hold within the Diocese of Newcastle
Members who are ex-officio are:
Post | Member holding the post |
President | The Rt Revd Mark Wroe (Acting Bishop of Newcastle) |
Vice President: Chair of House of Clergy | The Revd Canon Brian Hurst |
Vice President: Chair of House of Laity | Canon Izzy McDonald-Booth (also GS Member) |
Suffragan Bishop of Berwick | The Right Reverend Mark Wroe |
The Dean | The Very Revd Geoff Miller |
The Archdeacon of Northumberland | The Ven Rachel Wood |
The Archdeacon of Lindisfarne | The Ven Catherine Sourbut Groves |
The Chair of the Diocesan Board of Finance | Canon Simon Harper |
The Chair of the Diocesan Advisory Committee | Canon Roger Styring |
The Chair of the Education Board | The Revd Gill Alexander |
General Synod Members |
The Revd Canon Ian Flintoft; the Revd Robert Lawrance; |
Nominated by Bishop's Council | Liz Kerry, Chair of the DMPC |
Nominated by Bishop's Council | Roger Windass, Chair of the Houses & Glebe Cttee |
Nominated by Bishop's Council | Margy Tasker-Brown, President Mothers Union |
Nominated by Bishop's Council | Pam Nobbs, Anna Chaplaincy Convenor |
Members serving on Diocesan Synod from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2024 are as follows:
for Alnwick Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Alison Hardy | Robert Arkless |
John McDermott | Hugh Williams |
Helen O'Sullivan | [Vacancy] |
John Sinclair | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | |
for Bamburgh & Glendale Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Louise Taylor-Kenyon | Carole Field |
[Vacancy] | Carol Griffiths |
Lorna Turner | |
for Bedlington Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Ian Hennebry | Christine Brown |
Catherine Macpherson | Lynne Craggs |
Sarah Moon | John Hamilton |
[Vacant] | Susan Ramshaw |
[Vacant] | |
for Bellingham Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Sarah Lunn | Jane Abrams |
Claire Robson (also GS member) | Alice Murray |
Jill Swaile | |
for Corbridge Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Tom Birch | Gwyn McKenzie |
David Kennedy | [Vacant] |
Helen Savage | [Vacant] |
[Vacant] | |
[Vacant] | |
for Hexham Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Lesley Chapman | Joyce Charlton |
David Glover | John Mitchell |
Steve Wright | Andy Morsman |
Carol Wilson | |
for Morpeth Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Chris Groocock | Gary Holmes |
Anthony O'Grady | Hilary Knox |
John Park | Val Pope |
John Swinhoe | Janice Robinson |
David Twomey | [Vacancy] |
Simon White | [Vacancy] |
for Newcastle Central Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Andii Bowsher | Carol Barclay |
Peter Dobson | Ruth O'Hagan |
Ben Doolan | Ella Vickers |
Mike Hills | [Vacancy] |
Brian Hurst | [Vacancy] |
Clare Maclaren | [Vacancy] |
Allan Marks | [Vacancy] |
Pauline Pearson | [Vacancy] |
Andrew Shipton | [Vacancy] |
for Newcastle East Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Helen Gill | Louisa Fox |
Neal Terry | Matthew King |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | |
[Vacancy] | |
for Newcastle West Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Paul Allinson | Jacqueline Atkinson |
Christine Brown | Aidan Evans |
Allison Harding | Meg Fisher |
James Mcgowan | Jennie Jones |
Neil Heslop | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | |
for Norham Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Sarah Hills | John Ayerst |
Rachel Hudson | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |
for Tynemouth Deanery | |
House of Clergy | House of Laity |
Rae Caro | Nicola Denyer (Also GS member) |
Steve Dixon | Emma Doran |
Adrian Hughes | John Appleby |
Hannah Cleugh | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |
[Vacancy] | [Vacancy] |