The Ministry Team

Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO)

The Revd Canon William Gulliford

The heart of the work of the DDO is to act for the Bishop on the assessment of candidates for ordained ministry and to provide oversight of the candidates during their training.

The principal duties of the DDO include:

• interviewing all candidates (and spouses).
• advising the bishops on suitability of candidates for ordination.
• preparing candidates for selection conference, and debriefing with them afterwards.
• overseeing candidates in training for ordination.
• advising the bishops on appropriate first title posts for new ordinands.

The DDO is a half-time position, based in London.
Postal contact via the Diocesan Office.

E: william.gulliford@churchofengland.org

Diocesan Director of Ministerial Development

The Revd Canon Ulla Monberg

The heart of the work of the Diocesan Director of Ministerial Development is to support training programmes for laity and the recently ordained, and to advise the bishops on matters related to Continuing Ministerial Education.

The principal duties include:

• framing programmes for Post Ordination Training (POT)
• The Director of Ministerial Development is a full-time position, based in Continental Europe.

Contact

Borgmester Jensens Alle 9, 2th, 
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, 
Denmark

T: +45 35 2606 60 
E: ulla.monberg@churchofengland.org

Diocesan Director of Reader Ministry

The Revd Canon Paul Wignall 
also Diocesan Reader Selector    

Paul's work includes:       

• framing programs for Readers
• supervising and tutoring for those in training for Reader ministry
• support for all Readers
• Reader selector
• working closely with Bishop David The Warden of Readers
• update Reader Handbook

Postal contact via the Diocesan Office

paul.wignall@churchofengland.org

Director of Discipleship

Dr. Clare Amos

Dr Amos joined the Ministry Team in Autumn 2016 

The purpose of the role and work of the Director of Lay Discipleship is to encourage and empower lay people and enable them to explore ways in which their discipleship may be expressed both as part of their own spiritual growth, and for the life and witness of the church.

The principal duties include:

• The promotion of catechesis for adults and young people within congregations.
• Advising clergy, Licensed Lay Ministers and the Ministry Team on the use of main resources for discipleship and catechesis, especially the Pilgrim course of the Church of England, as well as other options and resources and supplementary material. 
• Sharing ideas, strategies and stories of good practice through the communication channels of the diocese.
• Exploring, with colleagues in the Ministry Team, the development of ways in which lay discipleship can be expressed within the diocese, for the benefit both of the diocese and local chaplaincies, and for the spiritual growth of lay people.

The Director of Lay Discipleship is an honorary, part-time position. The Director is currently based at her home near Geneva.  She can be contacted via email at clare.amos@europe.anglican.org  or via post or telephone at the Diocesan Office. 

Team Administration

Pauline Williams

Pauline joined us in Autumn 2020 from the Diocese of London where she worked as an Administration Manager. This post provides high-level administrative support to the Diocesan Directors of Ordinands, Ministerial Development and Reader Ministry as well as limited support to the Warden of Readers, Lay Ministry, Safeguarding and Finance.

Contact at the Diocesan Office.

E: pauline.williams@churchofengland.org

The Warden of Readers

The Rt Revd David Hamid

The Warden of Readers is appointed by the Bishop to have overall responsibility and oversight for the ministry of readers in the diocese.

Bishop David's contact details can be found here.