Further to the announcement dated Wednesday 9 September 2026 advising that the Revd James Norris has been appointed as Chaplain to the Bishop of Sheffield in the Diocese of Sheffield, we can now confirm that James will begin in this role on Monday 12 October 2026 and his final day in the Diocese of Leicester will be Sunday 11 October 2026.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of the Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave, previously the Bishop of Lichfield until his retirement at the end of September 2026, as Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Leicester.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Bertin Hermo as Interim Oversight Minister of the Western Edge Minster Community.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of The Ven Dr Peter Hooper as Area Dean of Goscote Deanery and Assistant Area Dean of Framland Deanery.
With grateful thanks for his ministry and prayers of blessing for the future, we are pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd James Norris, currently Associate Vicar in the Benefice of Holy Trinity Leicester and St John the Divine, as Chaplain to the Bishop of Sheffield in the Diocese of Sheffield.
We are pleased to announce that Jessie Tang will be taking up a new role of Diocesan Intercultural Communities Enabler and Pioneer.
We are pleased to announce The Revd David Cowie, Rector in the Wigston Benefice also as Assistant Area Dean of the Gartree Deanery
It is with sadness that we announce the death of The Revd Peter Taylor, aged 89, on Monday 10 August 2026.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of The Ven Dr Peter Hooper, formerly Archdeacon for France, Monaco, and Switzerland in the Diocese of Europe, as Associate Priest of Saxelbye with Shoby, in the Diocese of Leicester, subject to the usual statutory Church of England checks and procedures.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Tim Madeley, currently Vicar of Christ Church Bushmead & Assistant Diocesan Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of St Albans, as Head of Vocations in the Diocese of Leicester, subject to the usual statutory Church of England checks and procedures.