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Bishop Mike Enthroned at Exeter Cathedral
The Rt. Rev’d Dr Mike Harrison has been enthroned as the 72nd Bishop of Exeter in an historic service on All Souls Day at Exeter Cathedral. Bishop Mike began the service by processing from Exeter’s Guildhall to Cathedral Green, along with Exeter’s Lord Mayor and other civic dignitaries. He was greeted by outside by over 100 members of clergy, including a number of bishops from overseas, as well as Licensed Lay Ministers, military cadets and…
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Everyone invited to Celebrate Bishop of Exeter’s Enthronement
People across Devon are being invited to take part in the Enthronement service for the new Bishop of Exeter, the Rt. Rev’d Dr Mike Harrison, by watching the event on the Exeter Cathedral YouTube channel. The service is being livestreamed by PL1 Events, which also regularly broadcasts the British Firework Championships, the annual Remembrance Parade on Plymouth Hoe and Plymouth Argyle TV. The former Archdeacon of Plymouth, the Ven. Nick Shutt, now a non-residentiary Canon…
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Volunteer church youth leader sentenced at Exeter Crown Court
John Fox, 82, from Exmouth, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of 13 counts of indecent assault against a child at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday 22 October. He will also go on the sex offenders register for life and be banned from contact with children and vulnerable adults. The conviction relates to Mr Fox’s time as a volunteer youth leader at a church in Surrey during the 1990s. In…
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Bishop Mike to journey through Devon to Exeter Cathedral on Enthronement Day
The Rt. Rev’d Dr Mike Harrison will begin his new role as the Bishop of Exeter at his Enthronement service, with ancient traditions stretching back hundreds of years, on Saturday 2 November at Exeter Cathedral. The service will symbolise the bishop’s spiritual role in Devon and be an opportunity to welcome him, his wife Rachel and four children, to the county. It follows Bishop Mike’s Confirmation of Election as Bishop of Exeter at Lambeth Palace…
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New Chair of House of Laity keen to improve cultural, racial and social diversity
Dr Kerry Gilbert, from Plymouth, has been elected as the new Chair of the House of Laity for the Diocese of Exeter. She replaces Annie Jefferies, who has stepped down after six years in the role. Kerry is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and a Postgraduate Programme Director at the University of Exeter. She is also a churchwarden in the Plymstock and Hooe Mission Community. Kerry said “I am really excited (and if truthful,…
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“A day of complete joy” Karen’s story of becoming a Licensed Lay Minister
Karen Griffiths, from Plymouth, is one of Devon’s newest Licensed Lay Ministers (LLMs) after being licensed alongside eight other LLMs by the Bishop of Plymouth at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 5 October. Here she describes what the licensing service was like and what her new role means to her: “What a day. Overwhelming, exhausting, but absolutely one of the best days of my life. The occasion was indeed special in itself, but added to this…
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