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The Rev. Geoff Lloyd

Interim Priest-in-Charge | Email

The Rev. Geoff Lloyd is normally Associate Priest at All Saints, but is presently serving an Interim Priest-in-Charge as the parish seeks a new, permanent Incumbent. Geoff was born and raised in Truro, Cornwall. He studied Modern Languages at Manchester University, and in 1970, became a police officer in London, serving 4 years in uniform before becoming a detective at New Scotland Yard, serving in Special Branch and the Anti Terrorist Squad until his retirement in 1995. During his police career he was sent to the Army School of Languages to learn Arabic and spent most of his time thwarting and investigating terrorist attacks emanating from the Middle East. He felt God’s call to him in the late 1970s and was baptized and confirmed in 1978. He became a Lay Reader in the Diocese of Rochester, UK in 1986 before training for ordination part time from 1992 to 1995. He served his curacy in Bromley, Kent, and then went to the Diocese of Exeter where he served as Incumbent in two rural parishes, the last being in Horrabridge near Plymouth, Devonshire. For the last 5 years of his ministry he served as the Rural Dean of Tavistock overseeing 27 rural parishes mostly in the National Park of Dartmoor. Geoff retired in 2011 and emigrated to Canada with his Canadian wife Dianne. He has served as Honorary Assistant at St George Memorial and St Matthew, both in Oshawa. Having moved to Whitby just over 2 years ago, he and Dianne feel God is calling them to put down roots in All Saints and they look forward to serving the parish in the years to come.