YORK Minster has seen the consecration of the Bishop of Wakefield.
The Very Rev Stephen Platten, formerly the Dean of Norwich, was consecrated as the new Bishop of Wakefield by the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope.
The bishop has succeeded the Right Rev Nigel McCulloch, who was recently installed as Bishop of Manchester.
The bishop's ministry has included the curacy of St Andrew's, Headington, in Oxford, teaching Ethics and chaplaincy at Lincoln Theological College.
He was later appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for Ecumenical Affairs, and in 1995 he became Dean of Norwich.
He continues to teach and write theology.
Updated: 09:34 Friday, May 02, 2003
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