In 1997, North joined the Company of Mission Priests, a dispersed community (not a religious order) of male Anglican priests who do not marry and follow the Vincentian rule of life [REF].
On 31 January 2017, it was announced that North is to be translated to become Bishop of Sheffield; his installation at Sheffield Cathedral had been scheduled for June 2017,[REF] by which point he must have been elected and confirmed.