Diocese of Western Newfoundland Committees List
Updated October, 2025
ACW Diocesan Board
Marilyn Whalen
Myra Hounsell
Bernadette Taylor
Elizabeth Carter
Barbara Clarke
Ashley Samms
Ruth Travers
Wilma Lee Taylor
Shirley Wicks
Anglican Charitable Foundation for Children (ACFC)
Dennis Porter (Chair)
Patricia George
Gladys Jackson
Yvette Target
Susan Curtis
The Rev. Canon David Russell
Anglican Joint Investment Committee (AJI)
Susan Curtis
The Ven. Charlene Laing
Cathedral Chapter
The Rev. Mickton Phiri (Chair)
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
The Rev. Canon Vernon Short
The Rev. Canon Jeffrey Petten
The Rev. Canon Joshua Haggstrom
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates
Annette Bennett (Chancellor)
Compensation and Human Resources Committee (CHRC)
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Canon Vernon Short
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
Finance-Property Committee
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Terry Loder
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates
Bernadette Taylor
Paul Green
Bernice Pittman
George Sheppard
Planning Committee
The Rev. Mickton Phiri (Chair)
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Cynthia Haines Turner (Co-Chair)
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
The Rev. Canon Vernon Short
The Rev. Canon Jeffrey Petten
The Rev. Canon Joshua Haggstrom
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates
The Rev. Kris Gosse
John Edgar
Marilyn Whalen
Myra Hounsell
Bernadette Taylor
Elizabeth Carter
Barbara Clarke
Ashley Samms
Ruth Travers
Wilma Lee Taylor
Shirley Wicks
Anglican Charitable Foundation for Children (ACFC)
Dennis Porter (Chair)
Patricia George
Gladys Jackson
Yvette Target
Susan Curtis
The Rev. Canon David Russell
Anglican Joint Investment Committee (AJI)
Susan Curtis
The Ven. Charlene Laing
Cathedral Chapter
The Rev. Mickton Phiri (Chair)
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
The Rev. Canon Vernon Short
The Rev. Canon Jeffrey Petten
The Rev. Canon Joshua Haggstrom
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates
Annette Bennett (Chancellor)
Compensation and Human Resources Committee (CHRC)
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Canon Vernon Short
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
Finance-Property Committee
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Terry Loder
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates
Bernadette Taylor
Paul Green
Bernice Pittman
George Sheppard
Planning Committee
The Rev. Mickton Phiri (Chair)
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Cynthia Haines Turner (Co-Chair)
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
The Rev. Canon Vernon Short
The Rev. Canon Jeffrey Petten
The Rev. Canon Joshua Haggstrom
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates
The Rev. Kris Gosse
John Edgar
Program Committee
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Kudzaishe Manenji
The Rev. Canon Joshua Haggstrom
Bernice Whalen
Amber Gaultois
Queen’s College Corporation
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
John Moores
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
Tri-Diocesan Management Committee
The Ven. Charlene Laing
Vocation Discernment Committee
Youth Committee
Synod Executive
Working Group:
The Rev. Mickton Phiri (Chair)
The Rev. Cynthia Haines Turner (Co-Chair)
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates (Property-Finance Chair)
(Program Chair)
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Kudzaishe Manenji
The Rev. Canon Joshua Haggstrom
Bernice Whalen
Amber Gaultois
Queen’s College Corporation
The Rev. Mickton Phiri
John Moores
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
Tri-Diocesan Management Committee
The Ven. Charlene Laing
Vocation Discernment Committee
Youth Committee
Synod Executive
Working Group:
The Rev. Mickton Phiri (Chair)
The Rev. Cynthia Haines Turner (Co-Chair)
The Ven. Charlene Laing
The Rev. Canon Terrance Coates (Property-Finance Chair)
(Program Chair)
Straits Deanery
The Rev. Terrance Coates
Brenda Genge
Rhonda Green
Mona Larkin
Gros Morne Deanery
Bernice Pittman
Paul Green
Annie Jacobs
Bay of Islands Deanery
The Rev. Canon Tanya White
George Sheppard
Colleen Harris
Bay St. George Deanery
Bernadette Taylor
Harry Coates
