The Right Reverend James Langstaff will be the 107th Bishop of Rochester.

Bishop James, 53, currently Bishop of Lynn in Norwich, succeeds the Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who retired in September 2009.

He will be presented to the media today and will then spend the day touring the diocese to visit some of his future colleagues and parishioners.

His day will begin at Bishop Justus school in the London Borough of Bromley, part of the Diocese of Rochester.

Here, he will be introduced to staff and pupils before moving on the meet members of his clergy at Chevening. After lunch Bishop James will meet his staff at Bishopscourt and the Diocesan Office in Rochester.

His day will end at Rochester Cathedral where he will meet Cathedral staff prior to joining future colleagues and members of the public for Evensong at Rochester Cathedral.

He will not actually take up the role until he is officially installed as Bishop of Rochester at a special service in Rochester Cathedral later this year, at a date to be announced.

He said, "Being appointed Bishop of Rochester is a huge privilege and also a weighty responsibility. I greatly look forward to sharing in the mission and ministry of the Church in the diocese, getting to know the wider communities and their people and seeing the things of God’s Kingdom grow."