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Parish Details for Bideford

Bideford Website

Archdeaconry: Barnstaple
Deanery: Hartland
Benefice: Bideford, Landcross, Littleham, Monkleigh and Weare Giffard
Mission Community: Bideford and the Four Villages

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Preb Claire Rose-Casemore
Team Rector of Bideford, Landcross, Littleham, Monkleigh and Weare Giffard

The Rectory, Abbotsham Road, Bideford, EX39 3AB
Tel: 01237 475765
Email The Rev Preb Claire Rose-Casemore

The Rev Robin Pirrie
Assistant Priest, in the Bideford and the 4 Villages Mission Community, comprising the parishes of Bideford, Landcross, Littleham, Monkleigh Weare Giffard in the Deanery of Hartland.

Tel: 07584 261686

Churches in the parish

St. Mary (Parish Church)
Bideford
EX39 2BN

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mr Mark Porthouse
Email Mr Mark Porthouse

Mrs Sally Anne Strutt
Email Mrs Sally Anne Strutt

PCC Secretary

Ms Sue Marnham
Tel: 01237 477047

PCC Treasurer

Mr Richard Holwill

Readers

Mrs Sarah Cordingley
Tel: 01237 471441
Email Mrs Sarah Cordingley

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