00:00Hello, my name is Arwen Mary Foulkes and I have been announced today as the Dean
00:06Designate for Exeter Cathedral. That means that come May next year I will be
00:12installed here as the 72nd Dean of Exeter and today is the day that we let
00:17everybody know that news. I'm delighted to be answering this calling to come to
00:23this Cathedral and to serve this County. I was born in Barnstable, baptised in
00:28Biddeford and my grandmother lived just outside of Exeter for many many years so
00:32in many ways I am thrilled to be able to come back and serve a County that has
00:37such meaning in my life. I spent most of my time in Cornwall and so the Southwest is
00:43no stranger to me so my family and I are delighted to be able to come back and
00:47serve in a place that we know so well. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to play
00:56a role in the life of this Cathedral. All the challenges and the opportunities that
01:01we have here to bear witness, to be meaningful for all the people of this
01:06County are extraordinary. She is the Mother Church for Devon and I'm just thrilled
01:14that I'm being called to come and help her and play her and see what that means in
01:20the life of this community.
