Vicar of Halifax picked for prestigious role

Canon Hilary BarberCanon Hilary Barber
Canon Hilary Barber
The Vicar of Halifax has been chosen for a distinguished new national post.

Canon Hilary Barber has been picked to become the new Co-Chair of the Inter Faith Network for the UK.

He will continue as Vicar of Halifax but will also now have a new national role and brief, holding all the faith communities together across the UK and interacting between the faith communities and the Government.