AFTER months of pondering and calculations, the Bishop made his move yesterday, although presumably straight ahead rather than diagonally.

Oxford Mail: Rt Rev John Pritchard

The Rt Rev John Pritchard, above, who retired at the end of October, left his residence in Linton Road, North Oxford, with the help of removal firm Bishop’s Move.

He will be the last of the city’s bishops to live there, with his successor set to live in Mill Street, Kidlington.

A new Bishop of Oxford has yet to be appointed, although there has been speculation that the Diocese could get the country’s first woman bishop, following the historic Synod vote this month to end the men-only tradition.

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