Bishop of Carlisle Designate
The Rt Rev Rob Saner-Haigh was announced as the next Bishop of Carlisle on 9 May, 2025. Bishop Rob is currently the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith (see below) and has been Acting Bishop of Carlisle since the retirement of the Rt Rev James Newcome as Bishop of Carlisle on 31 August, 2023e.
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Bishop of Penrith
The Rt Rev Rob Saner-Haigh is the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith and was announced as the next Bishop of Carlisle on 9 May, 2025.
Until 2020 Rob served all his ministry in Cumbria following ordination. For two years he then served as Residentiary Canon Director of Mission and Ministry in the Diocese of Newcastle. He has returned to the county following his consecration and is based in Kendal, holding particular responsibility for the county’s God for All strategy.
