THE Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Right Reverend Robert Paterson, has announced two changes to his staff team.
The Reverend Canon Peter Robinson, who is presently serving as the Vicar of Arbory, Castletown and Santon, as Rural Dean of Castletown and Peel and who is an Honorary Canon of St German’s Cathedral, Peel, is appointed to the full-time post of Chaplain to the Bishop.
He succeeds Gill Poole who has served mainly as Chaplain to the Bishop but also as Diocesan Mission Adviser for the past two years. Gill has now been appointed to that adviser role full-time.
Both Peter and Gill will take up their new posts in the early spring of next year.
Peter is married to Rosi, a teacher and accomplished artist, whom he met at Loughborough College of Education, where they were both training to teach in the early 70s. They have a daughter, Jenny, and two sons, Tim and Andy. They also have five grandchildren.
He said: ‘I’m very excited by this opportunity to serve the Bishop and contributing to the church and wider community in this new role in the positive changes and developments taking place here in the island.’
Gill said: ‘Bishop Robert’s plan to expand one post of two part-time roles into two full-time posts is a very positive move for the diocese and in the full-time Mission Adviser post I will be able to concentrate on the mission of the church across the Diocese working with individual churches and other organisations.’