Posted on: 21st August 2024

10 Downing Street has announced ahead of Yorkshire Day that His Majesty the King has approved the appointments in the Diocese of York of the Reverend Canon Doctor Flora Winfield as Suffragan Bishop of Selby, and of the Reverend Barry Hill as the Suffragan Bishop of Whitby. 

As Suffragan Bishops in the Diocese of York, the Bishops of Selby and Whitby minister with the Bishop of Hull alongside the Archbishop of York.

Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, said, “I’m delighted that Flora Winfield and Barry Hill have agreed to come and serve with us here in the York Diocese as Bishops of Selby and Whitby. They will be consecrated on the feast day of Saint Paulinus, the first Bishop of York in the 7th century, and I hope this will be a sign of the missionary purpose they will bring to our life in Christ. Both are hugely gifted and experienced; they are people of depth and faith.”

Barry Hill will be joining the Diocese of York from his current ministry in the Diocese of Leicester. 

The consecrations of the Bishops of Selby and Whitby will take place on 10th October 2024 at York Minster; further details will be published when confirmed.

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