The Revd Lisa Holmes
The Revd Lisa Holmes lives in the village of Ambrosden with her husband and their two crazy dogs. Lisa has ‘Permission to Officiate’, having previously been an Associate Minister to the Ray valley since 2018, residing in Charlton-on-Otmoor. Prior to that, she was an officiating chaplain to the military, where she assisted the chaplains in their duties. She has also enjoyed chaplaincy working in three local prisons. Lisa enjoys designing creative worship and meditations. And for those who have yet to meet her, Lisa has the loudest laugh in the benefice!
The Revd Canon Brian Mountford
The Revd Canon Brian Mountford was Vicar of the University Church, Oxford, from 1986-2016 and is a Supernumerary Fellow St Hilda’s College, Oxford and Canon Emeritus of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
He was previously Fellow and Chaplain of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and Vicar of Southgate in North London.
In retirement he is Publisher at Large for Collective Ink Books, UK.
He and his wife, Annette, live in Islip.
The Right Revd June Osborne
The Right Revd June Osborne is a Mancunion and a lifelong Manchester City supporter.
She is married to Paul Goulding KC and they have two adult children, Meg and Tom.
June began ministry at St Aldate’s, Oxford before becoming a deaconess, deacon and then priest in 1994.
She has worked in Birmingham, the East End of London and Salisbury where she became Dean of the Cathedral in 2004.
In 2017 she moved to Cardiff and served as Bishop of Llandaff until she retired to Noke in 2023.
The Revd David Wippell
The Revd David Wippell is Australian born and raised. David read Chemistry and Maths at the University of Queensland and then did a DipEd at Sydney University, before becoming a Secondary School science teacher in the Pacific Islands. He then switched to reading Theology at Selwyn College and Westcott House, Cambridge before Ordination. Following Ordination he went to St Edwards School in Oxford where he was one of the chaplains for the next 28 years.