Congratulations to Philip North, Rector of St Pancras; whose
excellent transport links have taken him, not in a continental direction as
some had feared, but along domestic lines to be Bishop of Whitby.
Farther North gets no points for going to any of the right
colleges, and his links to the Diocese of York have so far been minimal, but we
are very glad that he is now to be allowed entry to the Elysium. Great things clearly
await, as indeed they should.
We commend also the Archbishop of York for the swiftness
with which this excellent appointment has been made. It remains possible that
Dr Sentamu is trying to prove to someone the decisive nature of his leadership,
for reasons which remain opaque. Or it may be that it just doesn’t take that
long to look up the name of the next Administrator of the Shrine of Our Lady of
Walsingham in the list. Whether Cleveland is ready for an Australian in about
ten years’ time remains to be seen.
