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Parish Details for Stoke Canon

Stoke Canon Website

Archdeaconry: Exeter
Deanery: Cadbury
Benefice: Brampford Speke, Cadbury, Newton Saint Cyres, Poltimore, Rewe, Stoke Canon, Thorverton, and Upton Pyne
Mission Community: Netherexe Parishes

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Katie Cross
Rector

The Rectory, Thorverton, Exeter, EX5 5NR
Tel: 01392 759612
Email The Rev Katie Cross

The Rev Preb Sue Sheppard
Tutor IME 13 at SWMTC Associate Minister in the Netherexe Parishes

Lamb Cottage, 49 Fore Street, Silverton, Exeter, EX5 4HZ
Tel: 01392 861022
Email The Rev Preb Sue Sheppard

The Rev Julia Anne Dallen
Associate Minister of Brampford Speke, Cadbury, Newton Saint Cyres, Poltimore, Rewe, Stoke Canon, Thorverton, and Upton Pyne

Email The Rev Julia Anne Dallen

Churches in the parish

St. Mary Magdalene (Parish Church)
Stoke Canon
EX5 4AS

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Angela Richards
Tel: 01392 841037

Mrs Fiona Thomson
Tel: 01392 841070
Email Mrs Fiona Thomson

PCC Secretary

Not listed

PCC Treasurer

Mrs Janet Boustred
Tel: 01392 841395
Email Mrs Janet Boustred

Readers

Mrs Laura Ford
Tel: 01392 841753
Email Mrs Laura Ford

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