The Revd Derek Tighe moves to Surrey

It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of our curate, the Reverend Derek Tighe, to the living of the Benefice of St Martin's Dorking with Ranmore, where he will be the Vicar of St Martin's, Dorking, and the Rector of St Barnabas, Ranmore.

St. Martin's is a large shared Anglican/Methodist town church at the heart of the market town of Dorking in Surrey and has a strong civic and community role, much like that of the Minster. It has a daughter church, St. Mary's Pixham, a Lutyens building dating from 1903, which serves a community with its own distinct identity.

St. Barnabas Ranmore was built in 1859 by the renowned architect Gilbert Scott, as an estate church, and is located in the Green Belt on the North Downs Ridge, drawing three quarters of its members from outside the parish boundaries and offering, in the main, traditional BCP services.

The date for Derek's collation and induction in the United Benefice by the Bishop of Guildford will be announced as soon as possible but is expected to be during the summer.

Like all appointments in the Anglican church, this is subject to completion of necessary formalities.

Churchwardens