Bishop of Crediton

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The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. Since 1897, it has been used by the Church of England as the title of a suffragan bishop who, along with the Bishop of Plymouth, assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter in overseeing the Diocese of Exeter. [1]

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The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10th and 11th centuries for a diocese covering Devon and Cornwall. [2] [3]

List of bishops suffragan

Bishops suffragan of Crediton
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18971930 Robert Trefusis
19301954 William Surtees
19541974 Wilfrid Westall
19741984 Philip Pasterfield
19841996 Peter Coleman
19962004 Richard Hawkins Formerly Bishop of Plymouth.
2004October 2012 Bob Evens [4] Retired on 31 October 2012. [5]
November 201219 April 2015 Nick McKinnel [6] Translated to Plymouth 19 April 2015. [7]
22 July 20158 March 2018 Sarah Mullally Announced 9 June 2015; consecrated 22 July; [8] translated to London on 8 March 2018. [9] announced as Archbishop of Canterbury on 3 October 2025. [10]
20182025 Jackie Searle Consecrated 27 September 2018; [11] retired January 2025. [12]
2025present Moira Astin Announced June 2025; [13] [14] and consecrated 3 July. [15]
Source(s): [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 946. ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ↑ "Historical successions: Exeter (including precussor offices)". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  4. ↑ BBC: New Bishop for Crediton
  5. ↑ Diocese of Exeter: Bishop of Crediton to retire Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ BBC: New Bishop of Crediton named as Rev Nick McKinnel
  7. ↑ Diocese of Exeter — Vacancy in the See of Crediton (Archive.org) (Accessed 1 May 2015)
  8. ↑ Diocese of Exeter — New Bishop of Crediton to be Dame Sarah Mullally (Accessed 9 June 2015)
  9. ↑ Diocese of London — Mullally’s installation as Bishop of London (Accessed 26 January 2018)
  10. ↑ Maqbool, Aleem; Gribben, Paul (3 October 2025). "Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury". BBC News. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Next Bishop of Crediton announced today". Diocese of Exeter. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Axford, Chloe (11 September 2024). "Bishop Jackie Announces Her Retirement". Diocese of Exeter. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "No. 64778". The London Gazette . 25 June 2025. p. 12682.
  14. ↑ "Moira Astin is Announced as New Bishop of Crediton". Diocese of Exeter. 3 June 2025. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Stanhope, Grace (3 July 2025). "New Bishop of Crediton Consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of Exeter. Archived from the original on 5 October 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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