New bishop introduced by podcast

The Rt Revd Nigel Stock's podcast's will run for four weeks

Podcasts are to be made by Suffolk's new Church of England bishop to introduce himself to the diocese.

The election of the Rt Revd Nigel Stock as the 10th Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is due to be confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury later.

Bishop Stock has started the weekly podcasts for the diocese ahead of his enthronement on 20 November.

A diocese spokesman said the bishop's, podcasts, starting on Tuesday, will look at his life and philosophy.

The diocese said the podcasts are a way for the bishop to introduce himself to the diocese before parishioners get the opportunity to meet him in person.

'Strong identity'

In his first podcast, Bishop Stock said: "Nobody wants someone coming in to tell them what to do before they have begun to understand what a place is like and how it ticks.

"So I think my first mission is to look, to listen, to learn, to take onboard what is characteristic about this diocese.

"That there is a strong identity in the area is something I rejoice in."

The podcasts will run over four weeks, but if successful may continue.

The bishop is to be enthroned next month at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.