[3] He was then ordained a deacon at Petertide (29 June) 1975 by Maurice Wood, Bishop of Norwich, at Norwich Cathedral[4] and a priest the following Petertide (27 June 1976) by Aubrey Aitken, Bishop of Lynn, at the same cathedral.
[3] He returned to the UK in 1985, taking a group of rural Norfolk parishes: East and West Rudham, Syderstone, Bagthorpe, Barmer, Tatterford, Tattersett and Houghton[N 1] (which became the Coxford Group in 1988); until 1989.
He then moved to Devon and became Team Rector of Lynton, Barbrook, Countisbury, Lynmouth, Brendon, Martinhoe and Parracombe until 1995, serving additionally as Rural Dean of Shirwell from 1992.
From Devon he moved to Oxfordshire, where he was Priest-in-Charge at Harpsden-cum-Bolney, serving concurrently as General Secretary of the Melanesian Mission.
[3] He was elected to become Bishop of Port Moresby, in the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea, in September 2001.