Bishop of Stockport

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The Bishop of Stockport is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, in the Province of York, England. [1] The title takes its name after the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

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List of bishops

Bishops of Stockport
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19491950 Frank Okell
19511965 David Saunders-Davies
19651984 Gordon Strutt
19841994 Frank Sargeant
19942000 Geoffrey Turner
20002007 Nigel Stock [2] Translated to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
20082014 Robert Atwell [3]
20152019 Libby Lane First woman consecrated as a bishop in the Church of England [4] [5]
2021present Sam Corley Consecrated 19 July 2021. [6]
Source(s): [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. pp. 948–949. ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. ↑ Queen approves new bishop Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
  3. ↑ Suffragan See of Stockport Archived June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 7 June 2008.
  4. ↑ Church of England Media Centre – Libby Lane Announced as Bishop of Stockport (Accessed 17 December 2014)
  5. ↑ BBC News Libby Lane: First female Church of England bishop consecrated
  6. ↑ "Diocese of Chester | Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster".


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