Four new canons have joined Salisbury Cathedral's College of Canons.

The installation took place during the Evensong service on Monday, September 23, following an invitation from the Right Reverend Stephen Lake, Bishop of Salisbury.

The College of Canons is a part of the cathedral's extended family and meets twice a year to provide feedback on policy decisions made by Chapter, the cathedral's governing body, and on cathedral activities.

The Reverend Kate McFarlane, Reverend Paul Brooks, Alan Smith, and Sue de Candole are the new additions.

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Four new Canons have been installed at Salisbury Cathedral (Image: Finnbarr Webster) Reverend McFarlane, the rector of the Benefice of St Bartholomew at Semley, near Shaftesbury, will take her place in the Shaftesbury stall in the Cathedral Quire.

Before her ordination, she served as an ecumenical chaplain for St Bede’s Inter-church school in Cambridge, a Justice and Peace Fieldworker for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood, and a director of youth retreats at a residential centre.

Reverend Brooks, who is the minister of St Paul’s in Jersey, will be occupying the Stratford stall.

He studied chemical engineering at Loughborough University and worked for BOC Cryoplants before training for ordination.

He became curate of St John’s Long Eaton, before being appointed Minister of St Paul’s Church, St Helier, Jersey. In 2010, he was invited to become Vice Dean of Jersey.

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Alan Smith, who will be taking up the Alton Borealis stall as a lay canon, is the first Church Estates Commissioner for the Church of England.

Prior to this role, he had a senior executive career in finance at HSBC, with experience in climate change, strategy, investment banking, risk management, and governance.

Sue de Candole, the Diocesan Registrar since 2015, will be taking her place in the Amesbury stall.

She has been a partner at Batt Broadbent Solicitors since 2000. She and her Registry team give advice to the Bishop and senior staff, clergy and laity in the Diocese about a range of legal issues, including safeguarding, trust, charity and parish administration issues.

The Dean of Salisbury, the Very Revd Nicholas Papadopulos, said: "We are pleased to welcome Kate and Paul as non-residentiary canons and Alan and Sue as lay canons at the cathedral.

"I am looking forward to working with them as they bring a varied range of skills to the College from across the Diocese and beyond."

The Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Revd Stephen Lake, said: "I am delighted that Kate, Paul, Alan, and Sue have accepted the invitation to join the Cathedral’s College of Canons.

"Their installation will ensure that the views of the Diocese continue to be heard by the Cathedral."