THE Rector of Bolton Priory, the Rev Simon Cowling, will be installed as an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral next Sunday, October 11.

Simon, who moved to Bolton Abbey for two years ago, was previously Precentor of Sheffield Cathedral and chaplain to the Master Cutler.

He studied classics at Cambridge University and trained for the ministry at Lincoln Theological College.

Married with three children, he spent 11 years as vicar of Roundhay St Edmund in Leeds.

The service will take place at 3.30pm.