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Parish Details for Silverton

Silverton Website

Archdeaconry: Exeter
Deanery: Tiverton and Cullompton
Benefice: Silverton, Butterleigh, Bickleigh and Cadeleigh
Mission Community: Silverton

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Paul Anthony Kingdom
Rector of Silverton,

The Rectory, 21a King Street, Silverton, Exeter, EX5 4JG
Tel: 07803 922605
Email The Rev Paul Anthony Kingdom

The Rev Thom Thompson
Assistant Priest of Bickleigh

Gable Cottage, Bickleigh, Tiverton, EX16 8RD
Tel: 01884 855309
Email The Rev Thom Thompson

Churches in the parish

St. Mary (Parish Church)
Silverton
EX5 4HS

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Joan Miller
Tel: 01392 860897
Email Mrs Joan Miller

Dr Peter Michael Smith
Tel: 01392 860284
Email Dr Peter Michael Smith

PCC Secretary

Dr John Michael Thomas
Tel: 01392 860464
Email Dr John Michael Thomas

PCC Treasurer

Mr Anthony Wright Hall
Tel: 01392 881339
Email Mr Anthony Wright Hall

Readers

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