The Bishop of Hertford
The Rt Revd Paul Bayes was consecrated in St Paul's Cathedral on 21 September 2010 and welcomed to the diocese in a service at St Albans Cathedral when he was also installed there on 25th September.
Read the sermon he preached during his welcome and see photographs of these events, below.
New Bishop of Hertford says priests and parishioners do the ‘top job’ in the Church
Ten Downing Street has announced that the Revd Canon Paul Bayes, 56, is to be the next Suffragan Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans. Canon Bayes will be one of the two Suffragan Bishops in the diocese, assisting the Bishop of St Albans, and his ministry will mainly focus on the parishes and communities of Hertfordshire. He succeeds The Rt Revd Christopher Foster, now Bishop of Portsmouth.
Service of Welcome of the Bishop of Hertford
Consecration of the Rt Revd Paul Bayes
