This website is best viewed with CSS and JavaScript enabled.

News Stories


durham

Bishop-designate of Durham announced

The Rt Revd Paul Butler has been announced as the next Bishop of Durham

12 September 2013

Story Of Hope Emerges From Civil War

The Diocese of Durham held an event in honour of a remarkable African Bishop who survived civil war to champion the cause of education.

20 June 2013

Licensing Service Will Be A Messy Affair

Tracy prepares a messy event

The licensing service of the Revd Tracy Reynolds on Sunday (March 17) will be a somewhat different affair to many others.

14 March 2013

Church Holds Public Consultation For Next Bishop

Church Holds Public Consultation For Next Bishop

A public consultation meeting was held (Saturday 16th) by the Diocese of Durham to help inform the process of selecting the next Bishop of Durham following the departure earlier this month of the then Right Revd Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham to take up position as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury.

20 February 2013

Turning The Tide Of Time For Lent

Turning The Tide Of Time For Lent

An author and Clergyman from the Diocese of Durham has issued a challenge for Lent aimed at getting people to give up being busy - if only for half an hour per day to prove to themselves that their lives are not out of control and to discover some of the simple joy of living without doing.

08 February 2013

Justin Welby confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury at St Paul's Cathedral

Justin Welby confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury at St Paul's Cathedral

The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Justin Welby, has officially become the Archbishop of Canterbury at a ceremony, known as the ‘Confirmation of Election’, which took place in the context of an act of worship in St Paul's Cathedral today.

04 February 2013

Bishop of Durham Says Farewell To His Diocese

The Right Revd Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of Canterbury Elect, tonight (Monday January 28) bade farewell to the Durham Diocese with a message of hope for the people he is leaving behind.

29 January 2013

Praise For Volunteers As Church Receives Accolade

Praise For Volunteers As Church Receives Accolade

Parishioners and dignitaries at a Wearside church today (Jan 22) gathered to celebrate the award of an accolade from Visit England.

23 January 2013

British bishop pleads for agreement on Zurbaran paintings

British bishop pleads for agreement on Zurbaran paintings

15 December (ENInews) The Anglican bishop of Durham is urging a wealthy businessman and the commissioners who manage the Church of England's assets to "look afresh at what can be done" to keep a set of 17th-century religious paintings in northeast Britain as the center of a planned historical visitor attraction.

16 December 2011

Next Bishop of Durham says, 'The Church needs to be in the business of growth

Next Bishop of Durham says, 'The Church needs to be in the business of growth

As the Dean of Liverpool, Justin Welby, prepares to leave Merseyside to become Bishop of Durham, he spoke of the need to continue to focus on growth in his future Diocese.

28 September 2011