Parish Deacon
The Reverend Deacon Mike Vipond
Mike was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop Alan Clark on 25th May, 1991. Mike's ministry is not only at Saint Clare's Church but extends to the wider community in Framlingham, working closely with Churches Together and until recently The Royal British Legion. He is also a governor at Sir Robert Hitcham's C.E.V.A. Primary School and a Trustee of a local charity. He worked as the Sessional Roman Catholic Chaplain at Hollesley Bay and Warren Hill Prisons for twenty years. Bishop Alan Hopes visited Framlingham and celebrated Mass in Saint Clare's Church on the occassion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of Deacon Mike Vipond in May 2016. Photo: Woodbridge Parish Archives. |