Profile

PROFILE

Raymond Hemingray studied law at the University of Leeds and at the
College of Law, Guildford, and was admitted as a Solicitor in 1971. He
practised as a partner in a firm of Solicitors in Peterborough (UK) until
1990.

Since 1974 he has been the Registrar of the Diocese of Peterborough
and the Bishop’s Legal Secretary.

He is a past Chairman of the Ecclesiastical Law Association, and
currently a member of its Executive Committee. He represents the
Association as a Consultant to the Fees Advisory Commission of
General Synod. He was a founder member of the Ecclesiastical Law
Society. Apart from ecclesiastical law, his main area of legal practice
has been in wills, probate and charitable trusts.

From 1976 to 1993, he was Deputy Coroner for Peterborough, and
from 1994 to 2004 he was Assistant Deputy Coroner for
Cambridgeshire South & West. Between 1990 and 2000, he developed,
installed, and supported software for Coroners throughout England
and Wales.

He was the co-author of database software for Diocesan Registrars
and Diocesan Advisory Committees, and has also developed other
database software for clients, including a private school and a hospital.

Ray was ordained in July 2007, and in addition to his work as Diocesan
Registrar he is now Curate of Castor with Sutton and Upton with
Marholm, near Peterborough. If he can ever find any spare time, he
enjoys reading, painting, cooking, gardening, cycling and hill walking.