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Jul 2023
Rev Jane Ball installed as new vicar for Masham group of parishes
Rev Jane Ball has been installed as the new vicar of the Masham group of parishes in a service led by the Bishop of Leeds, Rt Rev Nick Baines.
The new Bishop of Ripon, Rt Rev Anna Eltringham — who had only moved into her new home in Yorkshire the day before — was also present at St Mary’s Church in Masham for the service on Wednesday.
The Masham group of parishes covers a wide area north of Ripon at the gateway to Wensleydale, with churches in Masham, Healey, Well, Snape, West Tanfield and North Stainley.
Rev Ball has returned to North Yorkshire where she was ordained in Ripon Cathedral in 2003. After being a curate in Bedale, she spent 18 years in southern England in various school, parish and military chaplaincy posts.
A packed congregation of people from these churches and the wider community welcomed her.
The previous vicar was Rev Canon David Cleeves, who retired in June 2021.
Bishop Anna, who succeeds Rt Rev Helen-Ann Hartley as the area Bishop of Ripon, will begin her main ministry in September.
The photo shows Rt Rev Nick Baines (Bishop of Leeds), Ven Jonathan Gough (Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven), Rev Jane Ball (Vicar of the Masham group of parishes), Rt Rev Anna Eltringham (Bishop of Ripon) after the service of institution and induction in St Mary’s Church in Masham.
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