Bishop of Loughborough nominated for Chelmsford
Nomination brings number of BAME diocesans to one Diocese of Leicester
Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani
She succeeds the Most Revd Stephen Cottrell, who was confirmed as Archbishop of York in July after his nomination exactly a year ago (News, 10 July; 20 December 2019), and would become the C of E’s only serving BAME diocesan bishop. (The Bishop of Dover, the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, functions in many ways as a diocesan, although she is a suffragan to the Archbishop of Canterbury.)
Dr Francis-Dehqani said this week: “It is a great privilege to be appointed as the next Bishop of Chelmsford. I know there are many challenges ahead both in the Church and wider society, not least as a result of the pandemic. However, I am hopeful about the future.”