Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle has been appointed priest-in-charge of the Bournemouth Town Centre Parish.
The parish has three churches: St Peter's, the town's mother church; St Stephen's and St Augustin's.
Canon Jepson-Biddle's licensing takes place at St Peter's on Thursday 21 November at 7.30pm. He will preside and preach at St Stephen's Sunday morning Mass for the first time on 8 December.