Seven services over a weekend saw the ordination of new deacons into the Church of England by the Bishop of Ely, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, at Ely Cathedral.
The services were restricted in numbers attending because of Covid-19 regulations and held between Friday September 25 and Sunday September 27.
Family, friends, and parishioners were able to view the services through live streaming on YouTube.
Those ordained were:
David Christopher Gordon BAGNALL
St Mary the Great with St Michael, Cambridge (SSM) and as assistant chaplain of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Ray Martin BURMAN
The Wissey Valley (SSM)
Ruth Margaret CHAMBERLAIN
Histon and Impington (stipendiary)
Christine (Chrissy) Anne COLE
St Martin, Cambridge (SSM)
Maureen Ann DEAN
Warboys with Broughton and Bury with Wistow (SSM)
Geoffrey (Geoff) John DODGSON
Papworth (SSM)
Olga FABRIKANT-BURKE
St Benedict, Cambridge (SSM) and as chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge
Andrew Robert HURST
St Mark’s Newnham and St Andrew & St Mary Grantchester (SSM)
Edward John Gerald KEENE
Little Shelford (stipendiary)
David John LEE
Fowlmere, Foxton, Shepreth & Thriplow (SSM)
Ian James MACK
The Wissey Valley (SSM)
Jacqueline (Jackie) Carol METCALFE
Milton (SSM)
Nigel Paul MOAT
The West Norfolk Priory Group (stipendiary)
Michael James Wesley NICHOLSON
St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge (Stipendiary)
Hannah Mary RICHARDSON
Soham (stipendiary)
Janice (Jan) Margaret SMITH
Hemingford Grey (SSM) and chaplain to deaf and deafblind people
Muthuraj SWAMY
Cherry Hinton St John the Evangelist (SSM)
Jonathan (Jonny) Donald TORRANCE
The Good Shepherd, Chesterton (SSM)
Joel Gregory WICKS
Hampton (stipendiary)
Ann Maureen Edith WILLIAMS
St Neots (SSM)
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