The Bishop of Lancaster is a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England. [1] The title takes its name after the traditional county town of Lancaster in Lancashire; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 24 July 1936. [2] The current bishop is Jill Duff.
| Anglican Bishops of Lancaster | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1936 | 1954 | Benjamin Pollard | Translated to Sodor and Man |
| 1955 | 1975 | Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall | |
| 1975 | 1985 | Dennis Page | |
| 1985 | 1989 | Ian Harland | Translated to Carlisle |
| 1990 | 1997 | Jack Nicholls | Translated to Sheffield |
| 1998 | 2006 | Stephen Pedley | |
| 2006 | 2017 | Geoff Pearson | Retired 31 July 2017. [3] [4] |
| 2018 | present | Jill Duff | Since consecration, 29 June 2018. [5] |
| Source(s): [1] | |||
The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.
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Jillian Louise Calland Duff is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2018, she has been the Bishop of Lancaster, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn. Previously, she had been Director of St Mellitus College, North West, an Anglican theological college, from 2013 to 2018. Before ordination, she studied chemistry at university and worked in the oil industry. After ordination in the Church of England, she served in the Diocese of Liverpool in parish ministry, chaplaincy, and church planting.
