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New Bishop of Burnley unveiled as Reverend Doctor Joe Kennedy
Burnley Express
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22/03/2024
The new Suffragan Bishop of Burnley has today been introduced in front of invited guests at Burnley Faith Centre, Burnley Campus, Barden Lane, Burnley.
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My plans going forward are to be part of building bridges here in Burnley, making friends across the town,
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make friends with civic leaders, interfaith leaders, get into other churches, see all the amazing work that they're doing.
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And more generally I have a role not just in Burnley but across the diocese working with my two Episcopal colleagues.
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So Bishop Philip has asked me to be part of the mission focus in the diocese, so that's sharing the gospel,
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but it's also churches working across their communities to transform the communities,
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building social cohesion, social capital, also caring for the environment.
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So a very wide range in grief.
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And then I have a particular focus on the south of the diocese, a pastoral ministry.
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It was just lovely, wasn't it, seeing the children singing, really enthusiastic, sang beautifully.
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Lots of people here but they held their nerve and it was really impressive.
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Astonishing work happening here in building social cohesion, social capital, an amazing place,
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such a proud history and working really hard in a really impressive and inspiring way to build its future
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and through regeneration and working together.
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So I'm consecrated, there's a big service in York in July and then I have a little bit of a holiday after that
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with my children and my wife and then we start in September.
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I was slightly impatient to start, if I'm honest, it seems like a long way away,
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but I'm sure the time will pass and very much looking forward to coming here to Lancashire
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and to the Diocese of Blackburn.
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I've worked in the North West, lived in the North West for the last 13 years now.
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I'm a vicar in a parish, also a rural dean, so I have a bit of responsibility across the town I live in.
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And my children were born in the North West, absolutely love the North West,
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we're delighted to be staying here in the North West, but new to Lancashire
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and very much looking forward to getting to know the county and the people here.
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Before my current job I worked in teaching people to be vicars
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and also a bit of student chaplaincy and then some more parish before that.
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