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Deanery Officers

The Deaneries of the Diocese of Newcastle are local groupings of parishes.

Each deanery has an Area Dean, who is the senior incumbent in the deanery, and an elected Deanery Lay Chair.

Other deanery officers include the Secretary to the Deanery Synod and the Deanery Finance Officer. Each Deanery Synod is made up of clergy and laity.

The details for each deanery are included below.

Deanery	Officers
Alnwick	Area Dean: The Revd Alison Hardy, 01665 571314 revalisonhardy@gmail.com Deanery Lay Chair: Hugh Williams Deanery Synod Secretary: Jill Wharton Deanery Finance Officer: Joanna Chillingsworth
Bamburgh & Glendale	Area Dean: The Revd Louise Taylor-Kenyon, 01668 214748 revdlouisetk@greennet.org.uk Deanery Lay Chair: Vacant Deanery Synod Secretary: Carol Griffiths Deanery Finance Officer: Vacant
Bedlington	Area Dean: Revd Canon Ian Flintoft, 01670 364 542, ianflintoft@hotmail.com Deamery Lay Chair: Lynne Craggs, 01670 355 411 lynnecraggs@hotmail.com Deanery Synod Secretary: Valerie Masterman Deanery Finance Officer: Vacant
Bellingham	Area Dean: The Canon Revd Sarah Lunn, 01434 681 721 sarahlunn63@gmail.com Deanery Lay Chair: Alice Murray, 01434 681118 alicemurray100@gmail.com Deanery Synod Secretary: Vacant Deanery Finance Officer: Roger Langford
Corbridge	Area Dean: The Revd Canon David Kennedy, 01434 633012 dkennedy@corbridgechurch.org.uk Deanery Lay Chair: David McKenzie Deanery Synod Secretary: Vacant Deanery Finance Officer: Robin Brims
Hexham	Area Dean: The Revd Dr Martin Naylor Deanery Lay Chair: John Mitchell westholme49@gmail.com 01434603561 / 07941 757750 Deanery Synod Secretary: Philip Rutherford Deanery Finance Officer: Tricia Arnold
Morpeth	Area Dean: The Revd Chris Groocock, 01670 813358 chrisgroocock@hotmail.com Deanery Lay Chair: Janice Robinson, 01670 790865 janicerob1@gmail.com Deanery Synod Secretary: Val Pope Deanery Finance Officer: Linda Rudd
Norham	Area Dean: The Revd Canon Dr Sarah Hills, 01289 389216 incumbentholyisland@gmail.com Deanery Lay Chair: Jane Pannell Deanery Synod Secretary: Phil Rowett Deanery Finance Officer: Jonathan Gibbs
Newcastle Central	Area Dean: The Revd Dr Pauline Pearson, pauline.pearson@northumbria.ac.uk Deanery Lay Chair: Carol Barclay, 0191 2842379 thomasandcarol@btinternet.com Deanery Synod Secretary: Ruth O'Hagan Deanery Finance Officer: Gill Mitchell
Newcastle East	Area Dean: The Revd Phil Medley Deanery Lay Chair: Mr Matthew King, 0191 243 2888 matthewking55@gmail.com Deanery Synod Secretary: Louisa Fox Deanery Finance Officer: Vacant
Newcastle West	Area Dean: The Revd James McGowan, 0191 266 1071 vicar@jamesbasilfenham.org.uk Deanery Lay Chair: Meg Fisher, 0191 274 7247 megfisher@megfisher.uk Deanery Synod Secretary: Vacant Deanery Synod Finance Officer: Vacant
Tynemouth	Area Dean: The Revd Tim Mayfield, 0191 252 9393 tim.mayfield@btinternet.com Deanery Lay Chair: Mrs Emma Doran, 0191 280 1968 emmadoran@blueyonder.co.uk Deanery Synod Secretary: Jan Porter Deanery Finance Officer: Iain Shaw