Diocese of Oxford

Preachers

David Adams

Dave’s career has included time as a journalist, a research tutor in higher education, and an organisational consultant in the UK, India, Hong Kong and parts of Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He has experience working for an international broadcasting organisation, a pan-European satellite educational network, an online news service and a study and…

Ruth Edy

Ruth was licensed as a LLM in 2006 in Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, and ministered in the parish of Ducklington with Hardwick until May 2015, when she moved to the Gloucester Diocese. Now retired from teaching, Ruth is back in Witney and on Sunday June 8th 2025, her licence was officially transferred back to the Oxford Diocese…

Rev’d Bob Edy

Bob is married to Ruth and has two daughters and four grandchildren. Bob’s career as a secondary school teacher spanned 37 years including 29, from 1979 to 2015, at The Henry Box School, where he was successively Head of History and Deputy Head. Bob was ordained into the Church of England in 1993 and served as Rector of Ducklington…