THE next Bishop of Salisbury will be the Dean of Gloucester, the Very Revd Stephen Lake. Dean Lake, who succeeds the Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam, grew up in Poole. Dean Lake said on Thursday that questions of finance and deployment were “serious issues, and so we will want to take them seriously. Once the process is complete, Dean Lake will become Bishop for the Channel Islands. Dean Lake is a Church Commissioner and lead dean for safeguarding.

Source: The Times January 13, 2022 13:25 UTC