Hundreds of wellwishers attended the service at Westminster Abbey on, May 14, to witness The Right Reverend Richard Jackson being ordained and consecrated to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops.

Before the service the Bishop-designate of Lewes took the Oath of Allegiance to The Queen’s Majesty and the Oath of Due Obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Jerusalem Chamber, part of the Abbey’s Deanery. The Reverend Richard Jackson, Diocesan Adviser for Mission and Renewal in the diocese of Chichester, was presented for ordination by the Bishop of Chichester and the Suffragan Bishop of Horsham.

The sermon was preached by Martin Cavender, Director of ReSource.

The service was sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir, conducted by James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers, and the organ was played by Martin Ford, Assistant Organist. Peter Holder, Organ Scholar, played before the service.