You're invited to Bishop Stephen's Enthronement

The Dean, Bishop Karen and Bishop Andrew offer a warm welcome to clergy, lay leaders and parish groups from across the diocese to this special service.

Invitations to special guests and those invited to robe will be sent out this week, everyone else is welcome to come and join in the enthronement of the 79th Bishop of Salisbury. There is no need to book.

Bishop Stephen writes: ‘I am looking forward to the final stage of the process of arriving, which in itself is a beginning! I am grateful for all the support we have received and look forward to this being a moment for the whole diocese, not just its bishop.’

Bishop Karen adds: ‘Let us make this afternoon a moment of celebration as we gather as a diocese from our rural, market town, coastal and urban parishes, east, west, north and south, to welcome our new bishop and be enthused for the next stage of the journey God is taking us on. Do share cars, book minibuses, or use public transport to gather in Salisbury for this service which will mark the formal start of Bishop Stephen’s ministry amongst us.’