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Somerset’s senior church leaders
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The Rt Rev Nigel Stock (Anglican), Major Paul Billard (Divisional Commander, Salvation Army), The Rev Nigel Manges (Regional Minister, South West Baptist Association), The Rev Dr Jonathan Pye (Chair, Bristol & District of The Methodist Church), Bishop Declan Lang (The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton), The Rev Dr Daniel Haylett (Chair, Plymouth & Exeter District of The Methodist Church), Major Gill Billard (Divisonal Commander, Salvation Army), The Rev Gary Woodall (Regional Minister, West of England Baptist Association), The Rt Rev Dr Michael Beasley (Bishop of Bath and Wells, Anglican).
The new URC Moderator has not yet been appointed.
The Rt Revd Ruth Worsley (Bishop of Taunton, Anglican) is currently Acting Bishop of Coventry.
Our County Ecumenical Officer for Somerset is Jonathan LLoyd
Jonathan is an Anglican priest and retired archdeacon living in the City of Wells. He was born in Somerset and has served in church ministry in England, South Africa, Denmark and Canada. He is a Canon Emeritus of the Diocese in Europe of The Church of England.
His ecumenical experience includes being a member of the Porvoo Contact Group for five years - helping to develop the partnerships of the Anglican/Lutheran communion across the Nordics, Baltics and Ireland/UK. Jonathan was a World Council of Churches monitor in KwaZulu/Natal in 1993 in the period leading to the first democratic elections in South Africa.
He works for CTS for 8 hours a week on a flexible basis.
