Bishop Stephen and Bishop John, Chelmsford Cathedral, 29 January 2012.Rt Revd John Wraw, the new Bishop of Bradwell, was commissioned for his ministry in Chelmsford Diocese on 29 January 2012.
Speaking at the Service of Installation and Welcome in Chelmsford Cathedral, Bishop John said: “We need to work for a transformed society where the old are respected and the young valued.
"The people and churches of the Bradwell Area are called not simply to proclaim God’s vision of a renewed world but to live it out in their common life and in their lives as individuals.”
The Bishop of Chelmsford, Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, welcomed Bishop John, adding: “John’s love of the gospel and his natural gifts of enabling and facilitating others are just what we need at the moment as we seek, under God, to be a transforming presence in the world.”
Bishop John and Mrs Gillian Wraw, Chelmsford Cathedral, 29 January 2012.Further information:
The Episcopal Area of Bradwell, within the Diocese of Chelmsford, covers the towns of Basildon, Tilbury Docks, Southend-on-Sea, Maldon, Brentwood and Chelmsford, as well as the rural areas of the Dengie peninsular where a stone chapel was built by St Cedd in 654 AD at Bradwell.
The Area is served by the Archdeacon of Southend, nine rural or area deans, 170 clergy and 105 lay readers.
Some 14,350 people are on church electoral rolls and there are 40 church schools.