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Anna Spriggs

Diocesan Registrar

Anna Spriggs was admitted as a solicitor in 1988. She acts as solicitor to the Peterborough Diocesan Board of Finance and she was appointed Diocesan Registrar in October 2014.

James Steward

Deputy Diocesan Registrar

James Steward was admitted as a solicitor in 2016. James works at Hunt & Coombs of 4 New Street, Oundle PE8 4ED.


Michelle Thorpe

Diocesan Registry Clerk

Michelle Thorpe was appointed as Diocesan Registry Clerk on 27 May 2016.


Chancellor of the Diocese

David Pittaway, K.C., was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Peterborough on 29 January 2006. He was Acting Chancellor of the Diocese of Birmingham for three years until 2005. He was appointed a Q.C. and a Recorder in 2000. His chambers are in London, and he specialises in medical law and professional negligence.

Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese

Sir Martin Griffiths, K.C. was appointed Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese in October 2017 when he was in practice as a barrister as Martin Griffiths QC. He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, in October 2019.