Dean Dr Mandy Ford installed

Canon Dr Mandy Ford was installed as the 43rd Dean of the Bristol Cathedral in a socially distanced Evensong service at Bristol Cathedral.  Her role will be to lead the Cathedral community in pray and worship as well as in services to the City of Bristol and the wider Diocese of Bristol.  Previously Canon Chancellor at Southward Cathedral, she replaces the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle who is not Dean of Westminster.  During the service, the Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE read the Letters Patent of Her Majesty the Queen before the yet-to-be-installed Dean took the required oaths.  ‘It is an enormous privilege to be appointed as the next Dean of Bristol. I am excited by the prospect of living and working in such a vibrant and diverse city, sharing in the joys and challenges of the next few years as we seek to bring hope to all', Dean Mandy announced.  Standing left to right, the Lord Mayor of Bristol Cllr Jos Clarke, the Right Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean Mandy Ford and Lord-Lieutenant Peaches  stood before the altar to record this significant occasion.