Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

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The Bishop of Leicester was a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

A thousand years after it had last been used (for a diocesan Mercian bishop, 679–888) the episcopal title was resurrected as a suffragan see within the diocese of Peterborough. The suffragan Bishop of Leicester assisted the diocesan Bishop of Peterborough in overseeing the diocese. [1] [2]

In the modern Diocese of Leicester, there was a stipendiary (paid) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017), until a new suffragan See of Loughborough was erected to replace the Assistant Bishop role [3] [4] — see Bishop of Loughborough.

List of bishops

Bishops suffragan of Leicester
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18881903 Francis Thicknesse Formerly Archdeacon of Northampton
19031912 Lewis Clayton Canon of Peterborough; became Assistant Bishop of Peterborough
19131927 Norman Lang Resigned the See, but effectively continued in post as an assistant bishop. [5]
In 1927, the suffragan see of Leicester ended with the creation of the diocesan see.
Source(s): [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Leicester Cathedral: History Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
  2. 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0.
  3. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Synod supports creation of Suffragan Bishop (Accessed 19 December 2016)
  4. ↑ David Pocklington, "A new suffragan see for Loughborough" in Law & Religion UK, 30 November 2016,
  5. ↑ "in memoriam: Norman Lang, Brother of Cosmo" . Church Times . No. 4865. 11 May 1956. p. 7. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 1 June 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
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