New Bishop of Horsham announced by 10 Downing Street

The new Bishop of Horsham has been announced today by 10 Downing Street.
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She is the Rev Ruth Bushyager and is the first woman bishop to be appointed in the Diocese of Chichester.

Ruth takes over from the Rt Rev Mark Sowerby who is now principal of the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.

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Ruth was ordained priest in 2006 and after serving in the Southwell and Nottingham and Oxford dioceses became Area Missioner for Kensington in the Diocese of London in 2010.