THE KING has been pleased to order a Congé d'Elire to pass the Great Seal of the Realm empowering the College of Canons of the Cathedral Church in Birmingham, to elect a Bishop of the See of Birmingham, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend David Andrew Urquhart, K.C.M.G., B.A., lately Bishop thereof; and His Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said College of Canons the Reverend Michael John Volland, M.A., D.Th.M., Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See.