 He was consecrated at York Minster on 3 July 2014 by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York.From 2001 to 2014, he was Director of Ministry in the Diocese of Sheffield and an Honorary Canon of Sheffield Cathedral.He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1985 (29 September) and ordained a priest the Petertide following (29 June 1986), both times by David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral.