The rumour mill has it...

As many of you will know, the Archbishop of York is retiring as AB ofY and becoming a parish priest in Ilkley, in the diocese of Bradford [there goes his increased pension -but good on him!]. It seems likely that my offer to do the job for the same cost as being a parish priest has fallen on deaf ears [no surprise there really ;-) ]. So the rumours are ... that Tom Wright is in the ring and indeed going to do it and that James Jones, currently Bp of Liverpool is going to replace him as Bp of Durham. My sources are as yet untested for accuracy but seem pretty confident but they're only as good as their sources and I don't know about those.

Interesting thing about this is that Tom Wright only consented to be Bp of Durham provided he had one day a week to write and research. Will the same be true if he goes to York? I hope so; we need the example of making priority for the important and focussing on what we are called to do rather than taking our cue always from what others always expect of us.