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Building communities in the Highlands

The new Episcopalian bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness says he wants the Church to build communities in the Highlands.

Canon Mark Strange was consecrated at a service in front of 800 people at St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness, on Saturday. At 46, he is the youngest member of the College of Bishops and is the ninth bishop of the united diocese. Bishop Strange and his family - wife Jane and three children - will move to Arpafeelie rectory, near Inverness, from Elgin in the next few months.

He has served in Elgin for 10 years, most recently as rector of Holy Trinity Church and priest in charge of three churches in Lossiemouth, Dufftown and Aberlour.

After the service, Bishop Strange said: "I want to get among the congregation and the communities. I think that one of the challenges the church faces is that people are living separately now.

"The church's task is to build communities. For us that is a community based on faith but I think community is important, especially with so many people moving into this area."

Full story at Aberdeen Press & Journal.