Following traditions stretching back hundreds of years, the service will also feature contributions from local schools and community groups. It will include processions, a variety of music and an official welcome, as well as the anointing and enthronement of Bishop Mike.You can watch the service live or catch-up with it afterwards on the Exeter Cathedral YouTube channel. Please click the link to view.Bishop Mike will begin the day in prayer at dawn on Woolacombe Beach, where he has happy memories of childhood holidays with his own parents.He will also join the congregation for a service at the rural St Peter’s church in Bittadon, visit Barnstaple Panier Market, and a community hockey club in Tiverton en route to Exeter.The Enthronement service itself will commence with a procession from Exeter’s Guildhall to Cathedral Green.
The Bishop of Crediton, the Rt. Rev’d Jackie Searle, has announced she plans to retire at the end of January 2025.Bishop Jackie has served as Bishop of Crediton for six years, after being consecrated a bishop in 2018.For the last year she has been, in addition, the Acting Bishop of Exeter, overseeing the Diocese of Exeter since the retirement of Bishop Robert last September.Bishop Jackie said: “It has been the privilege of my life to be the Bishop of Crediton for the last six years, and to have been appointed Acting Diocesan Bishop for the last year. From the time of my interview onwards I fell in love with the Diocese of Exeter and its wonderful people.You will have seen and possibly met her as she conducted Rev'd Miles licencing service.https://exeter.anglican.org/bishop-jackie-announces-her-retirement/
