Please find below profiles of all our deacons for 2025. The Ember Card for ordinations this year can be found here.
Deacons 2025
Zoe Smith
Zoe Smith is looking forward to serving her curacy in the Parish of St Mary’s, Burley in Wharfedale following her training for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. She is excited to be returning to Yorkshire, together with her husband and three children, to discover what God is doing in Burley.
Vicky Angell
Vicky is very excited to be joining the churches of St Peter, Birstall and St Saviour, Brownhill. This is after a three year course of study for a BA in Theology, Ministry and Mission at St Hild College, Mirfield.
Rosie Phillips
Rosie is excited to be serving her curacy at St Peter’s Morley, having spent the last three years training for ordination at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. Originally from Staffordshire, she previously lived and worked in London for 12 years.
Scott Lunn
Scott Lunn will be serving his curacy, as a part-time SSM, in the Penhill Benefice in Wensleydale. This covers Aysgarth, Castle Bolton, Redmire, Preston-under-Scar, Thornton Rust, West Witton, and Wensley. His curacy follows training for ordination at Cranmer Hall, Durham. Scott's sending church was St Marys, Richmond, where he served as an LLM for over twenty years, and latterly he has served the Jervaulx churches around Middleham.
Marc Voase
Marc Voase will serve as assistant curate of the parish of Ilkley, St Margaret in the Bradford Episcopal Area. Marc is a former brother of the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield and previously worked for 10 years as a TA in a secondary school.
Lee Finnegan
Hi, I’m Lee. I served in the Army for nearly 10 years until I was medically discharged in 2022. Before I Joined up, I worked as a mechanic fixing black cabs in Liverpool, where I’m originally from. Working in the city taught me a lot about hard work and the importance of helping others.
Jo Barrington
Jo Barrington will serve her curacy in the Benefice of Far Headingley, Leeds. Jo has been training for ordination by studying full time at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. Prior to this, Jo worked in marketing. She is also a barista, and so she is looking forward to finding her favourite coffee houses in Leeds.
Jessica Farrant
Having first moved to Leeds to study at University, Jess is excited to be moving back up north after three brilliant years training for ordination at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. She is getting married in May to Will and looking forward to being able to go for long walks, coffees and explore together with Coco her assistance dog.
Emma James
Emma is excited to be serving her curacy in the Lower Wharfedale Benefice after training part time at St Hild College. Having been a primary school teacher for over twenty five years, she moved to full-time youth work in 2019, which she absolutely loves! She has a real passion for sharing God’s love through establishing new and different groups and has really enjoyed getting a monthly youth worship night going for young people across the area.
Edward Parker-Sunderland
Before training for ordination Edward was a History student, and has subsequently studied for a further BA in Theology from the University of Oxford whilst training for orders at St Stephen’s House. When not in church he enjoys collecting antiques of all kinds, history more generally, and outdoor pursuits, and will be combining all these by undertaking a further degree in Archaeology alongside his curacy.
