Non enim eo tempore habebat episcopum Cantia, defuncto quidem Theodoro, sed necdum Berctualdo successore eius, qui trans mare ordinandus ierat, ad sedem episcopatus sui reverso Qui videlicet Suidberct accepto episcopatu, de Brittania regressus, non multo post ad gentem Boructuarorum secessit, ac multos eorum praedicando ad viam veritatis perduxit.
At that time, there was no bishop in Kent as Theodore was deceased and his successor, Bertwald, had yet to return from being ordained overseas to take up his post as bishop. Following his ordination as bishop, Swidbert returned to Britain but soon after went to preach to the Boructuars, among whom he led many people to the path of righteousness.