Mercia

About Mercia Deanery

Mercia Deanery is the southern-most deanery in the Diocese of Derby.

It stretches down as far as Croxall and up to Elvaston. The parishes are a mix of rural and market town and developing industrial communities. There are 33 churches and 30 parishes in the deanery.

Within the borders, there are the historic churches of Melbourne and Repton. There have been archeological digs at Repton’s vicarage that have uncovered Viking activity... very exciting!

Area Dean: Revd Mike Firbank - mjfirbank@hotmail.com

Assistant Area Dean with responsibility for Chapter: Revd Steve Short - stephen.short71@btinternet.com

Deanery Administrator: Debbie Patrick - debbie.patrick@derby.anglican.org | 01332 388678

Deanery Synod Leadership Team

Lay Chair: Maggie Fenby-Taylor, from St George, Ticknall

Treasurer: Liz Ballinger, of St Mark, Winshill

Lay member:

Secretary: Debbie Patrick, member of St Peter, Hartshorne

The benefices of:

Seale and Lullington with Coton-in-the-Elms
Walton-on-Trent with Croxall, Rosliston with Linton and Castle Gresley (including Catton)
Foremark and Repton with Newton Solney
Gresley
Newhall
Stapenhill (including Caldwell)
Stapenhill Immanuel
Swadlincote and Hartshorne
Winshill and Bretby
Aston-on-Trent, Elvaston, Weston-on-Trent and Shardlow, Barrow-upon-Trent with Twyford and Swarkestone
Melbourne, Ticknall, Smisby and Stanton-by-Bridge