Catherine Ruth Pickford (née Packer; born 5 July 1976) is an English Anglican priest.
She had previously been in parish ministry in the Diocese of Newcastle since her ordination in 2000, serving as Rector of St James' Church, Benwell (2009–2015) and priest-in-charge of Stannington, Northumberland (2015–2020).
[2] She then attended Westcott House, Cambridge, a Liberal Anglo-Catholic theological college, to train for Holy Orders.
[4] During this time, she also undertook studies for a Master of Arts (MA) degree in pastoral theology at Anglia Polytechnic University.
[2] In April 2015, she moved to St Mary's Church, Stannington, Northumberland where she had been appointed priest-in-charge and Continuing Ministerial Development Officer for the diocese.