Anglo-Catholic traditionalists rejoice in the first appointment of one of their own in five years as a bishop within the Church of England's diocesan structure, while mourning the death of Geoffrey Kirk, a pivotal leader of an earlier generation.
Two letters from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have controversially insisted that clergy remain at home, though some dioceses are allowing work-arounds, including suspending traditional prohibitions on private Eucharists.
