Bishop of Guildford

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Bishop of Guildford
Bishopric
anglican
AndrewWatsonGuildfordCathedral.jpg
Incumbent:
Andrew Watson
Location
Ecclesiastical province Canterbury
Residence Willow Grange, Jacobs Well
Information
Established1927
Diocese Guildford
Cathedral Guildford Cathedral

The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury.

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The title had first appeared as a suffragan See in the Diocese of Winchester in 1874. The Bishop suffragan of Guildford assisted the Bishop of Winchester in overseeing that diocese. Under George V, the Diocese of Guildford was created out of the north-eastern part of the Diocese of Winchester in 1927.

The diocese covers the western half of the County of Surrey. The see is in the town of Guildford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit which was built as a cathedral 1936 to 1965. The bishop's residence is Willow Grange, Jacobs Well [1] — to the north of Guildford.

The incumbent bishop is Andrew Watson, 10th Bishop of Guildford, since the confirmation of his election on 24 November 2014. [2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Guildford
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19271934 John Greig Translated from Gibraltar. Nominated on 1 June and confirmed on 28 June 1927. Resigned in 1934.
19341949 John Macmillan Translated from Dover. Nominated on 19 October and confirmed on 22 November 1934. Resigned on 15 October 1949.
19491956 Henry Montgomery Campbell Translated from Kensington. Nominated on 21 October and confirmed on 23 November 1949. Translated to London on 25 January 1956.
19561960 Ivor Watkins Translated from Malmesbury. Nominated on 25 May and confirmed on 11 July 1956. Died in office on 24 October 1960.
19611973 George Reindorp Nominated on 20 January and consecrated on 25 March 1961. Translated to Salisbury on 15 January 1973.
19731982 David Brown Nominated on 23 July and consecrated on 1 November 1973. Died in office on 13 July 1982.
19831994 Michael Adie Nominated on 5 May and consecrated on 30 June 1983. Retired in 1994.
19942004 John Gladwin Nominated and consecrated in 1994. Translated to Chelmsford in 2004.
20042013 Bishopchristopherhill.jpg Christopher Hill Translated from Stafford. Nominated and confirmed in 2004.
2014present AndrewWatsonGuildfordCathedral (cropped).jpg Andrew Watson Consecrated Bishop suffragan of Aston in 2008; election confirmed 24 November 2014.
Source(s): [3] [4]

Assistant bishops

Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese have been:

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References

  1. "Andrew John Watson" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. "Diocese of Guildford | Public meeting on Wednesday 12 March for a new Bishop of Guildford". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. "Historical successions: Guildford". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 250. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  5. "Golding-Bird, Cyuril Henry" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Ordinations at Trinity" . Church Times . No. 4869. 8 June 1956. p. 15. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2021 via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "Assistant Bishop of Guildford resigns" . Church Times . No. 5442. 2 June 1967. p. 8. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 27 February 2020 via UK Press Online archives.
  8. 1 2 3 "Guildford post for Bishop of Mbale" . Church Times . No. 5275. 20 March 1964. p. 10. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 11 January 2020 via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "Resignations" . Church Times . No. 6298. 28 October 1983. p. 15. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 27 February 2020 via UK Press Online archives.
  10. "Usher-Wilson, Lucian Charles" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)