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Parish Details for Widecombe in the Moor

Archdeaconry: Totnes
Deanery: Newton Abbot
Benefice: Ashburton, Bickington, Buckland in the Moor, Holne, Huccaby, Ilsington, Leusdon, Postbridge and Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Mission Community: Ashburton Moorland

Clergy in the parish

The Rt Rev Mark Rylands
Team Rector and Priest-in-Charge

The Rectory, Copperwood Close, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7JQ
Tel: 01364 716309
Email The Rt Rev Mark Rylands

The Rev Geoffrey Fenton
Team Vicar of the Ashburton and Moorland Team

The Vicarage, Widecombe-on-the-moor, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TF
Tel: 01364 621334
Email The Rev Geoffrey Fenton

Rev Canon John Bennett
Vicar

Tel: 07929 244446
Email Rev Canon John Bennett

Churches in the parish

St. Pancras (Parish Church)
Widecombe in the Moor
TQ13 7TA

St. Gabriel Postbridge
Postbridge
PL20 6SY

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mr Michael Pascoe
Email Mr Michael Pascoe

PCC Secretary

Mr Peter Blood
Tel: 01364 621751
Email Mr Peter Blood

PCC Treasurer

Not listed

Readers

Not listed

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