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![The congregation gathered around Bishop David.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_page_/public/2023-04/img_2290.jpg?h=274d0064&itok=hJ0EJirc)
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![Bishop David at the St Anthony Abbot Church in Padova.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/2.jpg?h=7a6e80fd&itok=DQ_Cd74e)
Bishop David's blog posts
Every time I pay a pastoral visit to St Anthony Abbot Church in Padova, I come away inspired and deeply moved by the infectious and joyful faith of the community. My most recent visit in October was no exception.
![Bishop David reads at the centenary celebrations.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/10019.jpg?h=8e20cfff&itok=gh0dlSKn)
Bishop David's blog posts
St George’s Taormina, which has to be located in one of the most dramatically beautiful settings in the diocese, celebrated the centenary of their building on 14 October.
![James Bartle, Fr Tony, John Wilson and Daniel Tsoi](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/english_ordinands_in_rome.jpg?h=7a6e80fd&itok=i8jl8LNO)
Bishop David's blog posts
At the weekly eucharist at the Anglican Centre in Rome this week, on the Feast of St Luke the Evangelist, I had the privilege of presiding and preaching.
![Bishop David being concecrated.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/pic_4.jpg?h=9b087389&itok=pUBErHxx)
Bishop David's blog posts
20 years ago today, the feast of St Ignatius of Antioch, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, consecrated me a bishop.
![Clergy and lay synod delegates from the Diocese.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/archdeaconry_gathering_of_german_and_nordic_and_baltic_deanery_synods.jpg?h=93fa4828&itok=z8eDz8HM)
Bishop David's blog posts
From Reykjavik to Riga, from Trondheim to Freiburg, clergy and lay synod delegates gathered from the Nordic and Baltic Deanery and the Deanery of Germany for a joint meeting of the Archdeaconry in Stuttgart, the first of its kind in about 24 years.
![Participants of the Spanish language confirmation.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/img_3619.jpg?h=52d3fcb6&itok=iZTb2onP)
![Bishop Robert speaking at the front of a church.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/20220911_114959.png?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=_LYEGnrT)
Bishop Robert's blog posts
Bishop Robert writes a blog about the death of Queen Elizabeth the II.
![Members of the Anglican Lutheran Society.](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/img_3268.jpg?h=7db0af26&itok=gTK-Jmqa)
Bishop David's blog posts
The Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave opened the Anglican Lutheran Society Conference in Trondheim Norway today, and introduced the opening speaker, Presiding Bishop of the Church of Norway, the Most Revd Olav Fyske Tveit.
![Lambeth 1998 Bishops](/sites/default/files/styles/multicard_image/public/2023-04/c98_pic.jpg?h=363c287b&itok=MSJL9iIU)
Bishop David's blog posts
In the last few days the bishops going to the Lambeth Conference received the first information about decisions that may be before us.