Rob Saner-Haigh
{{short description|British Anglican bishop}}
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| diocese = Diocese of Carlisle
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2006 (priest)
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| consecration = 15 July 2022
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Robert James Saner-Haigh (born 1973) is a British Anglican bishop. He has been the Bishop of Penrith — the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle — since 2022; he was previously a residentiary canon of Newcastle Cathedral and Director of Mission and Ministry for the Diocese of Newcastle since 2020.
Early life and education
He was educated at Birmingham University, graduating with a BA in Ancient History and Archaeology in 1994 and an MPhil in Archaeology in 1998, followed by training for ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, receiving a BA in 2004, upgraded to an MA in 2008.{{cite web|title=Appointment of Bishop of Penrith: 27 May 2022|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-bishop-of-penrith-27-may-2022|website=UK Government|date=27 May 2022}}{{cite book |title=Crockford's Clerical Directory |edition=104th |location=London |publisher=Church House Publishing |year=2016|page=786 |isbn=978-0-7151-1098-0}}{{Cite web |title=Diocese of Carlisle - News - Bishop's consecration to reflect Cumbrian heritage |url=https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/07/11/bishops-consecration-reflect-cumbrian-heritage/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.carlislediocese.org.uk}}
Ordained ministry
He was ordained deacon in 2005, and priest in 2006. He was curate of Appleby-in-Westmorland in the Diocese of Carlisle from 2005 to 2007, then from 2007 to 2010 held the joint post of bishop's domestic chaplain, and curate of Dalston with Cumdivock, in the same diocese. From 2008 to 2010, he was also director of ordinands for the diocese.
In 2010, he was appointed priest in charge of Kendal Parish Church, and held that position until 2020 when he became a residentiary canon of Newcastle Cathedral and Director of Mission and Ministry for the Diocese of Newcastle.
On 27 May 2022, it was announced that he was to become Bishop of Penrith in the Diocese of Carlisle.{{cite web |website=Diocese of Carlisle |title=Well-known former Cumbrian vicar named as new Bishop of Penrith |url=https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/05/27/well-known-former-cumbrian-vicar-named-new-bishop-penrith/ |date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527090753/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/05/27/well-known-former-cumbrian-vicar-named-new-bishop-penrith/ |archive-date=27 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022}} He was consecrated as a bishop by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, on 15 July 2022 during a service in York Minster.{{cite web |website=Diocese of Carlisle |title=The new Bishop of Penrith is consecrated |url=https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/07/15/new-bishop-penrith-consecrated/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715163645/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/07/15/new-bishop-penrith-consecrated/ |archive-date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 August 2022 }} Since the retirement of James Newcome as Bishop of Carlisle in August 2023, Saner-Haigh has been acting diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle.{{cite web |title=Archbishop of York Statement on the Crown Nominations Commission for the next Bishop of Carlisle |url=https://www.archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-news/archbishop-york-statement-crown-nominations-commission-next-bishop-carlisle |website=The Archbishop of York |access-date=17 December 2023 |language=en |date=15 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop of Penrith |url=https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/who/bishop-carlisle/ |website=carlislediocese.org.uk |publisher=Diocese of Carlisle |access-date=17 December 2023}}
On 9 May 2025, it was announced that he will become the Bishop of Carlisle following the retirement of James Newcome. The date of his installation has not yet been confirmed, however.{{cite web |title=Bishop Rob Saner-Haigh of Penrith to be translated to Carlisle |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/16-may/news/uk/bishop-rob-saner-haigh-of-penrith-to-be-translated-to-carlisle |website=Church Times |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2025}}{{cite web |website=Diocese of Carlisle |title=New Bishop of Carlisle is announced |date=9 May 2025 |url=https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2025/05/09/new-bishop-carlisle-announced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509123900/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2025/05/09/new-bishop-carlisle-announced/ |archive-date=9 May 2025 |access-date=2 June 2025 }}
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He holds a "traditional view of Holy Matrimony" (i.e. one man and one woman).{{cite web |title=Bishops respond to Living In Love and Faith proposals |url=https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2023/01/18/bishops-respond-living-love-and-faith-proposals/ |website=Diocese of Carlisle |access-date=22 January 2023 |date=18 January 2023 |quote=Bishop James and Bishop Rob add: “Many of you will know that, as bishops in this diocese, we hold a traditional view of Holy Matrimony and that we have argued for this.}}
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Category:21st-century English Anglican priests
Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Category:Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford