Who's Who
Find out more about our clergy, staff and lay leaders in the church.
Holy Trinity is a Chaplaincy within the Church of England. The current chaplain of Holy Trinity Geneva is the Revd Canon Dr. Daphne Green. Daphne is assisted on a part-time basis by our curate the Revd Glen Ruffle along with the support of retired clergy and lay leaders in the church.
The Revd Canon Dr Daphne Green
Chaplain
Daphne has been Chaplain at Holy Trinity Church, Geneva since April 2021 when she arrived in the middle of the Covid Pandemic. Prior to that, she was Chaplain to the former Archbishop of York, John Sentamu and briefly to his successor, Stephen Cottrell. During that time, she was also assisted as one of the clergy team at the church of St Edwards the Confessor in York. She was Rector of Stanningley Parish in West Leeds, in Yorkshire in the UK from 2002 to 2008, responsible for the churches of St Thomas’ in Stanningley and Christ the Saviour in Swinnow. She studied History and theology at university and worked in theological and educational publishing and then in PR and consultancy prior to ordination. She also served for ten years as a Reader in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds (now the Diocese of Leeds).
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The Revd Glen Ruffle
Curate
Glen studied international politics and then worked in UK public affairs before moving to Russia where he worked in teaching, education management, and then for a Big-4 consultancy company. He became Russia's first Licensed Reader in 2018 before completing his ministerial training at Cambridge. He returned to Moscow as Curate but had to leave when the war started. He then ministered in London before moving to Geneva. In 2022 he began working for the Anglican Communion, where he helps with UN representation.
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Support Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Our work at Holy Trinity would not be possible without the dedicated work of our paid and volunteer staff. Below is the contact information for some of the key contacts in the church. For further contact information please contact our church administrator Michèle Walker.
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Church Council
Wardens and Council Members at Holy Trinity Church Geneva
Previous Clergy
Assisting Clergy
Holy Trinity Church Geneva, over the years has been blessed and enriched spiritually by having access to a rich pool of Anglican clergy available to us in Geneva who worship and preach regularly at HTC.
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To start with, we have the World Council of Churches head-quartered in Geneva. And then, Geneva hosts the European Headquarters of the United Nations at the Palais des Nations, with several UN organisations and Agencies who also have their headquarters here, like the International Labour Organisation, the World Health Organisation, The World Intellectual Property Organisation, The World Meteorological Organisation, The World Trade Organisation, the UN High Commission for Refugees and the UN High Commission for Human Rights, to name but a few. In addition, many NGOs are also headquartered here, including the Red Cross, The Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies and the YMCA. Truly a special privilege.
We have had Archbishop Desmond Tutu preach to us, as well as having the privilege of Nelson Mandela participating in a Sunday Service while visiting Geneva, following his release from prison in 1990 , having been imprisoned by the then South African Apartheid Regime for 27 years.
We also have access to clergy from the Episcopalian Church in Geneva, as well as Anglican churches in Lausanne and La Côte in the Canton de Vaud, and Divonne-les Bains in neighbouring France. Given the nature of Ecumenical Geneva, we also have close contacts with other denominations who have congregations in Geneva, like the Old Catholics, The Church of Scotland and the Lutherans.
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The names listed here are some of the clergy who have been with us from time to time, preaching, assisting and taking on interregnums.