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FIRST EVER HONORARY LAY CANONS APPOINTED AT SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL 11 June 2004 When Sarah Goad is installed with four others as a Lay Canon of Southwark Cathedral, she and her husband Timothy will both be lay canons of a cathedral - though not the same one. He was made a Lay Canon of Guildford Cathedral in November 2003. They are probably the first couple ever both to be lay canons. The Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Tom Butler has appointed Mrs Goad and her fellow new canons, who are the first Honorary Lay Canons in Southwark Cathedral's 99-year history. They have all given outstanding service in fields such as education, finance, minority ethnic development, and law and administration. They are:
The Dean of Southwark, the Very Rev Colin Slee will install them at the Cathedral during Evensong on Sunday 13 June and they will work alongside the Dean and Chapter to help oversee the smooth running of the Cathedral and its community, and will serve an initial five-year term of office. The Cathedral has given a warm response: "The Dean and Chapter are delighted that the Bishop has appointed these people as the first Honorary Lay Canons of Southwark Cathedral. Each of them has played an important role in the life of the Diocese in support of the ministry of the Cathedral. We look forward to working closely with each of them in the future." BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Linda Borthwick is Director of the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education, and has worked with the Board for more than 25 years. She was a member of the Dearing Review of Church Schools and Colleges, was until February 2004 Vice Chair of the Governing Body of Whitelands College and has served on many national educational bodies. She is due to retire in July 2004 and has worshipped at Southwark Cathedral for many years where she was Cathedral Warden until April 2004. Andrew Britton has been Chair of the Southwark Diocesan Board of Finance since May 2000. A retired government economist, he is a Reader at St Margaret's, Chipstead. He has undertaken key national roles in the Church of England, including Executive Secretary of the Churches' Enquiry into Unemployment and the Future of Work. Beverly Fraser is the Vice Chair of the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education, helping to shape the Board's work in schools, especially with minority ethnic children and has chaired the Southwark Black and Minority Ethnic Forum Working Group for the past six years. She worships at St Anne and All Saints South Lambeth where she served as Church Warden for eight years. Sarah Goad, JP was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Surrey in 1997. She was elected Chairman of the Southwark Cathedral Council in 2000. She is a member of St Mary's Church, Bletchingley and has served extensively in educational and charitable fields, acting as Trustee and Chairman for several charitable organisations. Brian McHenry is a Southwark Diocesan representative to the General Synod and Vice-Chair of the General Synod's House of Laity, as well as a member of the Archbishops' Council. He was also a member of the Crown Appointments Commission from 1997 to 2002 and is a Reader at St John's Church, East Dulwich. He works as the Chief Legal Advisor to the Competitions Commission and has been involved in several high profile inquiries, including the BSE Inquiry. ENDS. Notes to Editors The appointment of Lay Canons was made possible under the terms of the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and the new Constitution of Southwark Cathedral which was approved in 2000. Each Lay Canon has a Stall which has been named after people who played a part in the history of the area covered by Southwark Diocese: St Alfege was Archbishop of Canterbury 1006 - 1012. He was martyred at Greenwich by the Danes, being beaten to death with Ox bones after refusing to be ransomed. John Rogers was the 'first protestant martyr', a close associate of William Tyndale. He was tried for heresy in the retro-choir of Southwark Cathedral and burned at the stake at Smithfield. Charles (C F) Andrews was a close friend of Gandhi and Tagore, a respecter of other faiths and a campaigner for Indian independence. He was ordained in Southwark Cathedral. Alice Prowde Ellis donated statues to the great Screen and on her death in 1928 bequeathed a generous sum to the Cathedral besides supporting other diocesan and church organisations. John Boston was parish clerk to St Saviour's from 1604 to 1625. He worked tirelessly during the Southwark plague of 1625. He ensured that every corpse received a proper Christian burial and that the records of every death were properly kept. He himself succumbed to the plague, concerned even on his deathbed that the records should be kept properly. For further information contact: Diocesan
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