Complex sentence: He was appointed Archdeacon of Sarum and Rector of the city-centre church of St Thomas's, Diocese of Salisbury, in 1978, and in 1986 was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Split into simpler sentences: He was appointed Archdeacon of Sarum and Rector of the city-centre church of St Thomas's, Diocese of Salisbury, in 1978. In 1986, he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.