Curates and Training Incumbents

We have a very strong group of curates in the Diocese of Gloucester and with over 30 curates and over 40 training parishes, we are constantly looking at ways of developing our Curate Training Programme, (officially titled Initial Ministerial Development).

Most of the training takes place in the parish and is supervised by the training incumbent. There are also training events (IMD) which bring curates together for mutual support and learning. The aim is to develop curates competence in the tasks they have to perform, but even more important to develop their formation as ministers of God. To access the relevant IMD year programme please see the link below mainly for curates.

The Curate Handbooks, one for each of the first three years of the curacy, set out the principles and overall pattern for the training programme, and should be read by all curates and training incumbents. Hard copies are available from Julie Mansfield.

There is also an extensive range of resources from setting up the curacy through to moving on which may be helpful when the time is right.

Developing your ministry
See also: Ministry team

 

Overview of Curacy reports reviews and portfolio – Sept 2025

IMD Resource Manual

IMD Programme 2025-26

 

Curacy Review

Learning Plan
Learning Plan for the new formation qualities

Document search:

Please visit the document search tool to hunt through contents of all uploaded documents.

See also:

Grove Booklet P173 (2011) ‘Supervising a Curate’ by Rick Simpson available at no cost for Gloucester training incumbents and curates.  For a copy contact Julie.

CofE Curates Facebook group