House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 9 May 2003 The Q ueen 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 of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin of Durham to elect a Bishop of the See of Durham, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull, MA, lately Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said College of Canons the Reverend Canon Dr Nicholas Thomas Wright, MA, DPhil, DD, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. C I P Denyer