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Dear Friends,

I have entered into a retirement agreement with the Rev Lynn Mitchell, currently the Incumbent of St. Paul's Parish in Brockville. Lynn's last Sunday at St. Paul's will be December 31, 2026.

Lynn received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Divinity from Trinity College (University of Toronto). In addition, Lynn has done graduate studies in Homiletics (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary), and is a fully accredited teacher of English as a Second Language.

She was ordained a deacon in 1988 and a priest in 1989, both in the Diocese of Ontario. She served as Rector of the Parish of North Augusta from 1988 to 1991 before moving to the Diocese of Huron where she served several parishes including St. John's, Cambridge, Memorial Church, Port Ryerse, St. John the Evangelist in Kitchener and St. James' in Stratford. She returned to the Diocese of Ontario in 2017 as the Incumbent of the Anglican Churches of Quinte West. She was appointed Incumbent of St. Paul's in 2023. Lynn has also served our diocese as a member of Synod Council, Chair of the Diocesan Worship Committee, as a delegate to Provincial Synod, member of the Synod Planning Committee and Regional Dean of Hastings. Lynn is also the representative of the Anglican Church of Canada on the Board of the Women's InterChurch Council of Canada, appointed by the Primate.  
 
I am grateful for the many years of service that Rev. Lynn has given to this diocese and across the larger Canadian church. I am personally grateful to her for her gifts in ministry and her willingness to listen to God's call and serve where she is needed. 

Yours faithfully,

Bishop William G. Cliff
XIII Bishop of Ontario