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New Senior Appointments for ALMA

[February 2014]

Bp Paul Williams
Bishop Paul Williams
Ven Rachel Treweek
Archdeacon Rachel Treweek

The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, has announced that, following Bishop Michael Colclough's retirement, the Bishop of Kensington, Paul Williams, will become the London ‘Bishop for ALMA’, and the Archdeacon of Hackney, Rachel Treweek, will chair the London ALMA Strategy Group as well as the Finance and Projects Group.

The change was announced in a letter sent to clergy in London. The full text of the letter is below:

Bishop Richard writes:

I wrote towards the end of last year of the enormous debt of gratitude we owe to Bishop Michael Colclough who was tireless in promoting ALMA and keeping it firmly on the agenda from the time he took over as Chair in 2000 until his retirement last summer.

We have undertaken a degree of re-organization since then and I am most grateful to Sheenagh Burrell and the team for helping to move things forward.

Bishop Paul Williams has agreed to become the London ‘Bishop for ALMA’ with particular responsibility for training across the partnership. This will include exploring some new partnerships and opportunities especially with relation to training.

The Archdeacon of Hackney, The Venerable Rachel Treweek, has agreed to Chair the London ALMA Strategy Group as well as the Finance and Projects Group.

Bishop Dinis of Lebombo has announced that he will be retiring on March 25th this year and there will be an opportunity nearer the time to pay tribute to him.

So please pray for the ALMA team in London and for our ALMA partners in Mozambique and Angola as we move through a period of change.

We will observe ALMA Sunday this year on 13th July when there will be a celebration of our partnership in the Cathedral at 6pm. I hope that many of you will try to be there as a way of stimulating interest and prayer.

The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres KCVO DD FSA