20/04/2021
The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Darren Oliver as Provincial Registrar of Canterbury, on the retirement of Canon John Rees. He takes up his duties on April 21.
Darren is a solicitor specialising in ecclesiastical law, charities, and ecclesiastical property and a partner at Winckworth Sherwood LLP. He is currently the Deputy Provincial Registrar, and Registrar of the Dioceses of Oxford and Chichester. He has also worked with the Anglican Consultative Council for a number of years.
The Registrar of the Province of Canterbury provides legal advice to the Archbishop of Canterbury in his provincial jurisdiction in the Church of England, in relation to his direct legal jurisdiction in a number of overseas dioceses and as necessary in conjunction with his wider role in the worldwide Anglican Communion.