Tag Archives: Dr Rosemarie Mallett

Elianne memorial mural removed during Wellesley roadworks

The memorial mural and bench installed outside the Whitgift Centre last year, on the first anniversary of the death of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam, have been removed. Sources suggest that this is to save them from any possible damage during … Continue reading

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Memorial mural unveiled of Elianne Andam on first anniversary

A memorial bench and mural, close to the spot where she had been killed a year earlier, was a fitting tribute for “a beautiful soul taken to soon”. Those were the words of the Bishop of Croydon, Rt Rev Dr … Continue reading

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Canon Bishop to take on historic post as the Vicar of Croydon

By DAVID MORGAN For more than a thousand years there has been a Vicar of Croydon. We know that Elfsie was a priest here in AD960. Gaps in our knowledge of the post-holders means that we have to jump forward … Continue reading

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Mayor acts on a wing and a prayer to give Bishop council role

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, suggests that the ceremonial Mayor may have created an unfortunate precedent when she exceeded her Town Hall powers last week It wasn’t just the unreformed Newman numpty Karen Jewitt who lacked disciplined self-control at last week’s … Continue reading

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Bishop in call for calm after police shooting of Chris Kaba

The Bishop of Croydon has appealed for calm ahead of a demonstration to be held later today that will call for justice for Chris Kaba, the young black man who was shot dead by police in Streatham earlier this week. … Continue reading

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Archbishop attends ‘uplifting’ consecration service for Croydon

The new Bishop of Croydon, the Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, has been consecrated in what she described as a “spiritually uplifting and joy-filled” service at Southwark Cathedral. Among those officiating at the service was the Archbishop of Canterbury, the … Continue reading

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Church in Croydon after covid: new bishop outlines her vision

Dr Rosemarie Mallett was recently named as the next Bishop of Croydon. Ahead of her consecration service this month, for our latest episode of our Under The Flyover podcast, iC editor Steven Downes conducted a wide-ranging interview in which the … Continue reading

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Energetic Bishop’s first move is to guide the community

DAVID MORGAN on the appointment as Bishop of Croydon of a woman already very familiar with the borough’s many social challenges, and a professed loyal reader of Inside Croydon… A neighbour passed me as I went in my front gate … Continue reading

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Church appoints Mallett as first woman Bishop of Croydon

The Bishop of Croydon is, for the first time, to be a woman, after it was announced this morning that the Queen has approved the appointment of the Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett, who becomes the Church of England’s second black … Continue reading

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