I get that TA is UK-based but I still chuckled to see a report on an English suffragan’s retirement so quick on the draw when here in Canada our primate announced his retirement a week ago.
Father David
6 years ago
More and more seem to be leaving the good ship C of E at 65, rather than going onto the finishing tape at 70.
Bill Broadhead
6 years ago
Presumably, we can rest assured that Nick Holtam will not be trawling the alumni of HTB to find his next episcopal colleague. Unless he is being heavily leaned on, of course? It strikes me this is an ideal opportunity for the Southern Nick to mirror the splendid appointment made by Northern Nick, who has given us Helen-Ann Hartley in Ripon.
Father David
6 years ago
Dear Bill,
Your suggestion would mean that the Salisbury diocese would be the first one to have two female Suffragans as Bishop Karen is already in post at Sherborne.
I see we’re now at “Can anything good come from HTB?”
Bill Broadhead
6 years ago
Father David, I wasn’t limiting my comparison of Helen-Ann Hartley purely to gender. Some intellectual clout and cultural literacy would be very welcome, too. That might even mean a traditionalist catholic! Let’s start appointing the best people of substance to the episcopate and leave the gender politics out of it.
Father David
6 years ago
Dear Bill, I have oft written in the past on the T A Blog of the need for scholar bishops to add a much needed gravitas to the Bench.
Anthony Archer
6 years ago
An opportunity for +Salisbury to look far and wide. The CofE is stuffed with papabile talent.
Father David
6 years ago
Let’s hope they are blessed with a dean of talent for such an amazing cathedral.
Charles Read
6 years ago
‘I see we’re now at “Can anything good come from HTB?” ‘
I sympathize with Tim’s comment but some of us (including charismatic evangelicals like me) think the guiding principle is nowadays ‘Nothing good can come from anywhere but HTB’.
HTB has its part to play, but so do lots of other places.
I get that TA is UK-based but I still chuckled to see a report on an English suffragan’s retirement so quick on the draw when here in Canada our primate announced his retirement a week ago.
More and more seem to be leaving the good ship C of E at 65, rather than going onto the finishing tape at 70.
Presumably, we can rest assured that Nick Holtam will not be trawling the alumni of HTB to find his next episcopal colleague. Unless he is being heavily leaned on, of course? It strikes me this is an ideal opportunity for the Southern Nick to mirror the splendid appointment made by Northern Nick, who has given us Helen-Ann Hartley in Ripon.
Dear Bill,
Your suggestion would mean that the Salisbury diocese would be the first one to have two female Suffragans as Bishop Karen is already in post at Sherborne.
I see we’re now at “Can anything good come from HTB?”
Father David, I wasn’t limiting my comparison of Helen-Ann Hartley purely to gender. Some intellectual clout and cultural literacy would be very welcome, too. That might even mean a traditionalist catholic! Let’s start appointing the best people of substance to the episcopate and leave the gender politics out of it.
Dear Bill, I have oft written in the past on the T A Blog of the need for scholar bishops to add a much needed gravitas to the Bench.
An opportunity for +Salisbury to look far and wide. The CofE is stuffed with papabile talent.
Let’s hope they are blessed with a dean of talent for such an amazing cathedral.
‘I see we’re now at “Can anything good come from HTB?” ‘
I sympathize with Tim’s comment but some of us (including charismatic evangelicals like me) think the guiding principle is nowadays ‘Nothing good can come from anywhere but HTB’.
HTB has its part to play, but so do lots of other places.