In Pictures: Bishops’ Consecrations, 10th October 2024

Two new bishops to serve in the Diocese of York were consecrated at York Minster on the Feast of St Paulinus.

group of bishops outside york minster

What better day could there be to consecrate two new bishops to serve in the Diocese of York – alongside the new Bishop of Sodor and Man – than the 10th October, the feast day of St Paulinus, the first Bishop of York in the 7th Century?

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Promising canonical obedience
Promising canonical obedience
Promising canonical obedience
bishops pray for new bishops
bishops pray for new bishops
bishops pray for new bishops
bishops pray for new bishops
bishops pray for new bishops
Archbishop Stephen annoints the Rt Revd Dr Flora Winfield
Archbishop Stephen anoints the Rt Revd Dr Flora Winfield
Archbishop Stephen annoints the Rt Revd Barry Hill
Archbishop Stephen anoints the Rt Revd Barry Hill
the two new bishops hugging
group of bishops outside york minster
group of bishops outside york minster
bishops outside york minster
L-R: Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby, Flora Winfield, Bishop of Selby, Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, Tricia Hillas, Bishop of Sodor and Man
group of people in military-looking uniform
Bishop Flora with colleagues from the London-based First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
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The Rt Revd Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby
portrait of the rt revd dr flora winfield
The Rt Revd Dr Flora Winfield, Bishop of Selby
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L-R: Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby, Eleanor Sanderson, Bishop of Hull, Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, Flora Winfield, Bishop of Selby

Dr Flora Winfield will serve as Bishop of Selby, Barry Hill as Bishop of Whitby, and Tricia Hillas will be Bishop of Sodor and Man.

A wet and windy Thursday morning saw York Minster well-filled with family, friends and supporters of the new bishops, with clergy and parishioners particularly from the Archdeaconries and Cleveland and York.

Preacher Canon Dr Paula Gooder took us back to the journey to England made in the 7th Century by Saints Paulinus, Mellitus and Justus, remembered today in the churches they founded in York, London and Rochester, and drawing a parallel in the new ministries beginning today for the three new bishops. They too are setting out in trust and in faith, she said, and will be upheld by “The one who never has and never will leave us.”

“Bishops are ordained to be shepherds of Christ’s flock and guardians of the faith of the apostles, proclaiming the gospel of God’s kingdom and leading his people in mission.” – from the order of service

All photos: copyright Duncan Lomax / Ravage Productions