THE bells of Blackburn Cathedral rang out to mark the enthronement of the Rt Rev Alan Chesters as the seventh Bishop of the Blackburn Diocese.

A procession of hundreds of academics, readers and clergy from all over the country walked from King George's Hall to the steps of the town hall and then to the cathedral.

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