Patricia Hillas has been consecrated and ordained as the next Bishop of Sodor and Man at a ceremony in York Minster.
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell led the a service which will also see Bishop Hillas join the island’s legislature.
Following the celebration, the Archbishop’s Mandate for Induction and Enthronement was addressed to the Dean of Peel – Sodor and Man, and requires the Dean to ensure that the new Bishop of Sodor and Man is inducted into the actual and corporeal possession of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man.
This will take place at the enthronement in the Cathedral Church in Peel on Saturday November 16 and is symbolised by the act of the Dean placing the new Bishop in the seat of the Diocesan Bishop in the Cathedral.
Born in Malaysia, Tricia grew up in Lincolnshire before moving to East London in 1984, where she and her husband Andrew met. Since 2020 she has served the Westminster parliamentary community as Chaplain to The Speaker of the House of Commons, whilst also serving as a Canon of Westminster Abbey.
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