The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops. Several also hold portfolios of national responsibility, as spokesperson bishops for the Church of England and/or as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords.
As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies). Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man and also in Tynwald Court; fourteen diocesans are not (yet) Lords Spiritual; and the Bishop in Europe is ineligible for the House of Lords.
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Bishop | Person | Date of birth & age | Election confirmed [lower-alpha 1] | Consecrated [lower-alpha 2] | Introduced [lower-alpha 3] |
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The Archbishop of Canterbury | Justin Welby [1] [lower-alpha 4] | 6 January 1956 | 4 February 2013 [3] | 28 October 2011 [lower-roman 1] | 12 January 2012 (Durham) 26 February 2013 (Canterbury) [6] |
The Archbishop of York | Stephen Cottrell | 31 August 1958 | 9 July 2020 [7] | 4 May 2004 [lower-roman 2] | 25 March 2014 (Chelmsford) 22 October 2020 (York) [9] |
The Bishop of London | Sarah Mullally [10] | 26 March 1962 [11] | 8 March 2018 [12] | 22 July 2015 [10] | 24 May 2018 [13] |
The Bishop of Durham | Paul Butler [lower-alpha 5] | 18 September 1955 [15] | 20 January 2014 [14] | 24 June 2004 [lower-roman 3] | 18 December 2013 (Southwell and Nottingham) 3 March 2014 (Durham) [16] |
The Bishop of Winchester | [upper-alpha 1] | Vacant since 6 February 2022
Until 2015, the 21 longest-serving among the remaining diocesan bishops were eligible to sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. Since women became eligible as bishops in 2015, female diocesan bishops take precedence over male ones whenever a new vacancy in the Lords arises, in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 [18] (in force until 17 May 2025). [19]
Bishop | Person | Date of birth & age | Election confirmed [lower-alpha 1] | Consecrated [lower-alpha 2] | Introduced [lower-alpha 3] |
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The Bishop of Worcester | John Inge | 26 February 1955 | 2008 | 9 October 2003 [lower-roman 4] | 25 June 2012 [20] |
The Bishop of Coventry | Christopher Cocksworth | 12 January 1959 | 2008 | 3 July 2008 | 15 January 2013 [21] |
The Bishop of Oxford | Steven Croft | 29 May 1957 | 6 July 2016 [22] (Sheffield: late 2008) | 25 January 2009 [lower-roman 5] | 14 October 2013 (Sheffield) [23] 19 July 2016 (Oxford) [24] |
The Bishop of St Albans, Convenor of the Lords Spiritual [25] | Alan Smith | 14 February 1957 | 31 March 2009 [26] | December 2001 [lower-roman 6] | 4 November 2013 [27] |
The Bishop of Carlisle | James Newcome [upper-alpha 2] | 24 July 1953 | 2009 | 19 March 2002 [lower-roman 7] | 23 October 2013 [29] |
The Bishop of Ely, Acting Bishop of Lincoln | Stephen Conway | 22 December 1957 | 6 December 2010 (Ely) [30] 1 January 2022 (Acting Lincoln) [31] | 22 June 2006 [lower-roman 8] | 7 July 2014 [32] |
The Bishop of Southwark | Christopher Chessun | 5 August 1956 | 17 January 2011 [33] | 21 April 2005 [lower-roman 9] | 15 December 2014 [34] |
The Bishop of Leeds | Nick Baines [lower-alpha 6] | 13 November 1957 | 8 June 2014 (Leeds) [36] 1 April 2011 (Bradford) | 8 May 2003 [lower-roman 10] | 5 February 2015 [37] |
The Bishop of Gloucester | Rachel Treweek [lower-alpha 7] | 4 February 1963 | 15 June 2015 [38] | 22 July 2015 [39] | 26 October 2015 [40] |
The Bishop of Chichester | Martin Warner | 24 December 1958 | 2 July 2012 [41] | 26 January 2010 [42] [lower-roman 11] | 15 January 2018 [43] |
The Bishop of Bristol | Vivienne Faull [lower-alpha 7] | 20 May 1955 | 25 June 2018 [44] | 3 July 2018 [45] | 23 October 2018 [46] |
The Bishop of Derby | Libby Lane [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] | 8 December 1966 | 11 February 2019 [47] | 26 January 2015 [48] | 2 July 2019 [49] |
The Bishop of Manchester | David Walker | 30 May 1957 | 7 October 2013 | 30 November 2000 [lower-roman 12] | 7 September 2020 [50] |
The Bishop of Chelmsford | Guli Francis-Dehqani [lower-alpha 7] | 18 June 1966 | 11 March 2021 [51] | 30 November 2017 [52] [lower-roman 13] | 1 November 2021 [53] |
The Bishop of Exeter | Robert Atwell | 3 August 1954 | 30 April 2014 | 24 June 2008 [54] [lower-roman 14] | 15 November 2021 [55] |
The Bishop of Guildford | Andrew Watson | 16 July 1961 | 24 November 2014 [56] | 28 October 2008 [57] [lower-roman 15] | 9 February 2022 [58] |
The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | Martin Seeley | 29 May 1954 | 7 May 2015 [59] | 14 May 2015 [60] | 21 March 2022 [61] |
The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham | Paul Williams | 16 January 1968 | 11 May 2015 [62] | 25 March 2009 [63] | 13 June 2022 [64] |
The Bishop of Leicester | Martyn Snow | 1968 (age 54–55) [65] | 22 February 2016 [66] | 25 September 2013 | 8 November 2022 [67] |
The Bishop of Lichfield | Michael Ipgrave [68] | 18 April 1958 | 10 June 2016 [69] | 21 March 2012 [68] | 20 February 2023 [70] |
The Bishop of Sheffield | Pete Wilcox | 1961 (age 61–62) | 5 June 2017 [71] [72] | 22 June 2017 [73] | 14 March 2023 [74] |
Bishop | Person | Date of birth & age | Election confirmed [lower-alpha 1] | Consecrated [lower-alpha 2] |
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The Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York (ad interim) [lower-alpha 9] | David Urquhart | April 14, 1952 | [75] | Appointed February 20232000 |
The Bishop in Europe [lower-alpha 10] | Robert Innes | 1959 (age 63–64) [76] | [77] | Not elected20 July 2014 [77] |
The Bishop of Sodor and Man [lower-alpha 10] | Peter Eagles [upper-alpha 3] | 6 July 1959 | unknown | 22 June 2017 [73] |
The Bishop of Truro | Philip Mounstephen | 13 July 1959 | 20 November 2018 | 30 November 2018 |
The Bishop of Norwich | Graham Usher | 11 September 1970 | 17 June 2019 | 25 March 2014 [79] |
The Bishop of Hereford | Richard Jackson [80] | 22 January 1961 | 7 January 2020 [81] | 14 May 2014 [82] |
The Bishop of Chester | Mark Tanner | November 1970 (age 52) | 15 July 2020 [83] | 18 October 2016 [84] |
The Bishop of Portsmouth | Jonathan Frost | 26 September 1964 | 18 January 2022 [85] | 30 November 2010 [lower-roman 16] |
The Bishop of Salisbury | Stephen Lake | 17 December 1963 [87] | 1 April 2022 [88] | 25 April 2022 [88] |
The Bishop of Rochester | Jonathan Gibbs | 6 May 1961 | 24 May 2022 | 17 October 2014 [89] |
The Bishop of Bath and Wells | Michael Beasley | 1968 (age 54–55) [90] | 29 June 2022 [91] | 14 May 2015 [92] |
The Bishop of Liverpool | John Perumbalath [lower-alpha 11] | 23 May 1966 | 20 January 2023 [93] | 3 July 2018 [94] |
The Bishop of Newcastle | Helen-Ann Hartley | 28 May 1973 | 3 February 2023 [93] | 22 February 2014 |
Bishop-designate of Blackburn, The Bishop of Burnley and Acting Bishop of Blackburn | Philip North | 2 December 1966 | [95] | "May or June" 2023 (announced)2 February 2015 |
The Bishop of Lincoln | Vacant since 31 December 2021 | |||
The Bishop of Birmingham | Vacant since 18 October 2022 | |||
The Bishop of Peterborough | Vacant since January 2023 |
Acting bishop | Person | Date of birth & age | Acting since | Consecration [lower-alpha 2] |
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Acting Bishop of Winchester, The Bishop of Southampton | Debbie Sellin | 1964 (age 58–59) [96] | 20 May 2021 [97] | 3 July 2019 [98] |
Acting Bishop of Birmingham, The Bishop of Aston | Anne Hollinghurst [lower-alpha 12] | 4 March 1964 | 19 October 2022 [99] | 29 September 2015 |
Acting Bishop of Peterborough, The Bishop of Brixworth | John Holbrook | 14 June 1962 | 8 January 2023 | 2 June 2011 [100] |
As of 1 January 2022 [update] , there are 73 bishops suffragan, plus the Archbishops' Bishop (who is neither diocesan nor suffragan, but the incumbent has not been a diocesan). Of the 73: the Bishop of Dover acts as if a diocesan bishop, the Bishop of Islington has a national role (though often focused in London), five bishops provide Alternative Episcopal Oversight (to parishes who reject the presbyteral and/or episcopal ministry of women), 20 are area bishops, and the remaining 46 are deployed in suffragan roles across their diocese.
Diocese | Bishop | Person | Date of birth & age | Took office [lower-alpha 13] | Consecrated [lower-alpha 2] |
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Canterbury | The Bishop of Dover | Rose Hudson-Wilkin | 19 January 1961 | 19 November 2019 (consecration) | 19 November 2019 [101] |
Truro | The Bishop of St Germans, Bishop to the Forces | Hugh Nelson | 1972 (age 50–51) [102] | 15 July 2020 (consecration) 20 September 2021 (Forces) [103] | 15 July 2020 [104] (morning) [105] |
Europe | The Suffragan Bishop in Europe | David Hamid | 18 June 1955 | 17 October 2002 (consecrated) | 17 October 2002 [106] |
Leeds | The area Bishop of Wakefield | Tony Robinson | 25 April 1956 | 6 December 2002 (consecrated) | 6 December 2002 |
Oxford | The area Bishop of Buckingham | Alan Wilson | 27 March 1955 | 9 October 2003 (consecrated) | 9 October 2003 |
Coventry | The Bishop of Warwick | John Stroyan | 5 May 1955 | 21 April 2005 (consecrated) | 21 April 2005 |
Bristol | The Bishop of Swindon | Lee Rayfield [upper-alpha 4] | 30 September 1955 | 8 June 2005 (consecrated) | 8 June 2005 |
Lichfield | The area Bishop of Wolverhampton | Clive Gregory [upper-alpha 5] | 25 November 1961 | 19 April 2007 (consecrated) | 19 April 2007 [109] |
Manchester | The Bishop of Middleton | Mark Davies | 12 May 1962 | 25 April 2008 (consecrated) | 25 April 2008 [110] |
Norwich | The Bishop of Thetford | Alan Winton [upper-alpha 6] | 4 September 1958 | 29 September 2009 (consecrated) | 29 September 2009 [112] |
Peterborough | The Bishop of Brixworth, Acting Bishop of Peterborough | John Holbrook | 14 June 1962 | 2 June 2011 (consecrated) | 2 June 2011 [100] |
London AEO | The Bishop of Fulham | Jonathan Baker [lower-alpha 12] | 6 October 1966 | 13 February 2013 (translated) [113] [114] | 16 June 2011 [lower-roman 17] |
Canterbury AEO | The Bishop of Richborough | Norman Banks [lower-alpha 12] | 4 April 1954 | 16 June 2011 (consecrated) | 16 June 2011 |
St Albans | The Bishop of Bedford | Richard Atkinson [115] | 17 December 1958 [116] | 17 May 2012 (consecrated) | 17 May 2012 [117] |
York | The Bishop of Whitby | Paul Ferguson [118] | 13 July 1955 [119] | 3 July 2014 (consecrated) | 3 July 2014 [118] |
York | The Bishop of Selby | John Thomson [118] | 1 July 1959 | 3 July 2014 (consecrated) | 3 July 2014 [118] |
Lincoln | The Bishop of Grimsby | David Court [120] | 16 October 1958 | 25 July 2014 (consecrated) | 25 July 2014 [120] |
Chelmsford | The area Bishop of Colchester | Roger Morris [121] | 18 July 1968 [122] | 25 July 2014 (consecrated) | 25 July 2014 [121] |
Winchester | The Bishop of Basingstoke | David Williams [123] | 16 April 1961 | 19 September 2014 (consecrated) | 19 September 2014 [123] |
Leeds | The area Bishop of Bradford | Toby Howarth [89] | 12 July 1962 | 17 October 2014 (consecrated) | 17 October 2014 [89] |
Blackburn | The Bishop of Burnley, Bishop-designate of Blackburn and Acting Bishop of Blackburn | Philip North [lower-alpha 14] [lower-alpha 11] | 2 December 1966 | 2 February 2015 (consecrated) | 2 February 2015 [126] |
London | The area Bishop of Edmonton | Rob Wickham [upper-alpha 7] | 3 May 1972 | 23 September 2015 (consecrated) | 23 September 2015 [128] |
Bath & Wells | The Bishop of Taunton | Ruth Worsley [129] [lower-alpha 12] | 1962 (age 60–61) | 29 September 2015 (consecrated) [130] | 29 September 2015 |
Birmingham | The Bishop of Aston, Acting Bishop of Birmingham | Anne Hollinghurst [131] [lower-alpha 12] | 4 March 1964 | 29 September 2015 (consecrated) [132] | 29 September 2015 |
London | The Bishop of Islington, national bishop for church plants | Ric Thorpe [lower-alpha 11] | 3 February 1965 | 29 September 2015 (consecrated) | 29 September 2015 [128] |
Lincoln | The Bishop of Grantham | Nicholas Chamberlain | 25 November 1963 | 19 November 2015 (consecrated) | 19 November 2015 [133] |
Salisbury | The Bishop of Sherborne | Karen Gorham [lower-alpha 12] | 24 June 1964 | 24 February 2016 (consecrated) | 24 February 2016 [134] |
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich | The Bishop of Dunwich | Mike Harrison | 7 March 1963 | 24 February 2016 (consecrated) | 24 February 2016 [135] |
Manchester | The Bishop of Bolton | Mark Ashcroft [upper-alpha 8] | 3 September 1954 | 18 October 2016 (consecrated) | 18 October 2016 [84] |
Gloucester | The Bishop of Tewkesbury | Robert Springett | 15 September 1962 | 30 November 2016 (consecrated) | 30 November 2016 [137] |
Southwark | The area Bishop of Woolwich | Karowei Dorgu [lower-alpha 11] | June 1958 (age 64) | 17 March 2017 (consecrated) | 17 March 2017 [138] |
York | The Bishop of Hull | Eleanor Sanderson | 1977 (age 45–46) [139] | 22 September 2022 [140] | 2 June 2017 [141] |
Blackburn | The Bishop of Lancaster | Jill Duff [lower-alpha 11] | 1972 (age 50–51) | 29 June 2018 (consecration) | 29 June 2018 [142] |
Rochester | The Bishop of Tonbridge | Simon Burton-Jones | 23 December 1962 [143] | 3 July 2018 (consecration) | 3 July 2018 [144] |
Exeter | The Bishop of Crediton | Jackie Searle | 26 September 1960 [145] | 27 September 2018 (consecration) | 27 September 2018 [146] |
Liverpool | The Bishop of Warrington, Acting Bishop of Liverpool | Bev Mason [lower-alpha 11] | August 1960 (age 62) | 18 October 2018 (consecration) | 18 October 2018 [147] |
Salisbury | The Bishop of Ramsbury | Andrew Rumsey | 1969 (age 53–54) | 25 January 2019 (consecration) | 25 January 2019 [148] |
London | The area Bishop of Kensington | Emma Ineson | 1969 (age 53–54) | 19 February 2023 (oaths) [149] | 27 February 2019 [lower-roman 18] |
Durham | The Bishop of Jarrow | Sarah Clark | 21 April 1965 | 27 February 2019 (consecration) | 27 February 2019 [152] |
London | The area Bishop of Stepney | Joanne Grenfell | 27 May 1972 [153] | 3 July 2019 (consecration) | 3 July 2019 [154] |
Lichfield | The area Bishop of Shrewsbury | Sarah Bullock | 17 March 1964 [155] | 3 July 2019 (consecration) | 3 July 2019 [156] |
Ely | The Bishop of Huntingdon | Dagmar Winter | 1963 (age 59–60) [157] | 3 July 2019 (consecration) | 3 July 2019 [158] |
Winchester | The Bishop of Southampton, Acting Bishop of Winchester | Debbie Sellin | 1964 (age 58–59) [96] | 3 July 2019 (consecration) | 3 July 2019 [98] |
Oxford | The area Bishop of Reading | Olivia Graham [lower-alpha 11] | 21 June 1956 | 19 November 2019 (consecration) | 19 November 2019 [159] |
Worcester | The Bishop of Dudley | Martin Gorick [lower-alpha 11] | 23 June 1962 | 28 January 2020 (consecration) | 28 January 2020 [160] |
Chichester | The Bishop of Horsham | Ruth Bushyager | 1977 (age 45–46) [161] | 15 July 2020 (consecration) | 15 July 2020 (morning) [162] |
Chichester | The Bishop of Lewes | Will Hazlewood | 1971 (age 51–52) [163] | 15 July 2020 (consecration) | 15 July 2020 (afternoon) [162] |
Sheffield | The Bishop of Doncaster | Sophie Jelley | 1972 (age 50–51) [164] | 21 September 2020 (consecration) | 21 September 2020 (morning) [165] |
Southwell & Nottingham | The Bishop of Sherwood | Andy Emerton | 1972 (age 50–51) [166] | 21 September 2020 (consecration) | 21 September 2020 (afternoon) [165] |
Newcastle | The Bishop of Berwick | Mark Wroe | 1969 (age 53–54) [167] | 5 January 2021 (consecration) | 5 January 2021 [168] |
Oxford | The area Bishop of Dorchester | Gavin Collins | 31 December 1966 | 14 April 2021 (consecration) | 14 April 2021 [169] |
Derby | The Bishop of Repton | Malcolm Macnaughton | 1957 (age 65–66) [170] | 14 April 2021 (consecration) | 14 April 2021 [169] |
Lichfield | The area Bishop of Stafford | Matthew Parker | 1 June 1963 | 14 April 2021 (consecration) | 14 April 2021 [169] |
Norwich | The Bishop of Lynn | Jane Steen | 1964 (age 58–59) | 23 June 2021 (consecration) | 23 June 2021 [171] |
Chester | The Bishop of Birkenhead | Julie Conalty | 1963 (age 59–60) | 19 July 2021 (consecration) | 19 July 2021 [172] |
Chester | The Bishop of Stockport | Sam Corley | 1976 (age 46–47) [173] | 19 July 2021 (consecration) | 19 July 2021 [172] |
Chelmsford | The area Bishop of Barking | Lynne Cullens | 1964 (age 58–59) [174] | 25 January 2022 (consecration) | 25 January 2022 [175] |
Leicester | The Bishop of Loughborough | Saju Muthalaly | 1979 (age 43–44) [176] | 25 January 2022 (consecration) | 25 January 2022 [175] |
London | The area Bishop of Willesden | Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy | 1977 (age 45–46) [177] | 25 January 2022 (consecration) | 25 January 2022 [175] |
Southwark | The area Bishop of Croydon | Rosemarie Mallett | 1959 (age 63–64) [178] | 24 June 2022 (consecration) | 24 June 2022 [179] |
Carlisle | The Bishop of Penrith | Rob Saner-Haigh | 1973 (age 49–50) [180] | 15 July 2022 (consecration) | 15 July 2022 [181] |
Leeds | The Bishop of Kirkstall | Arun Arora | 1971 (age 51–52) [182] | 15 July 2022 (consecration) | 15 July 2022 [183] |
Exeter | The Bishop of Plymouth | James Grier | aged c. 47 [184] | 29 September 2022 (consecration) | 29 September 2022 [185] |
York AEO | The Bishop of Beverley | Stephen Race | 1969 (age 53–54) [186] | 30 November 2022 (consecration) | 30 November 2022 [187] |
Lichfield AEO | The Bishop of Oswestry | Paul Thomas | 1975 (age 47–48) [188] | 2 February 2023 (consecration) | 2 February 2023 [189] |
Southwark | The area Bishop of Kingston | Martin Gainsborough | 1966 (age 56–57) [190] | 2 February 2023 (consecration) | 2 February 2023 [191] |
St Albans | The Bishop of Hertford | Jane Mainwaring | 1970 (age 52–53) [192] | 2 February 2023 (consecration) | 2 February 2023 [191] |
Canterbury AEO | The Bishop of Ebbsfleet | Rob Munro | 1963 (age 59–60) [193] | 2 February 2023 (consecration) | 2 February 2023 [191] |
Leeds | area Bishop-designate of Huddersfield | Smitha Prasadam | 1964 (age 58–59) [194] | TBA (consecration) | [195] | TBA
Chelmsford | The area Bishop of Bradwell | Vacant since 20 January 2023 | |||
Guildford | The Bishop of Dorking | Vacant since January 2023 | |||
Leeds | The area Bishop of Ripon | Vacant since 3 February 2023 |
As of 3 February 2023 [update] , there are twelve people in active ministry (i.e. not retired) in the Church of England who are in episcopal orders but not in episcopal posts.
The membership of the General Synod's House of Bishops is: [216]
Acting diocesan bishops (commissaries) also attend but do not vote (unless they happen to hold a vote as an elected representative suffragan) at meetings of the House. [220]
The four "provincial episcopal visitors" (the Bishops suffragan of Richborough, of Ebbsfleet, of Oswestry and of Beverley) may attend and speak, but are not members and may not vote — unless they are elected as representative suffragans. [216] [221]
It was announced in June 2016 that the "participant observers" arrangement would be replaced from 1 December 2016 with an arrangement whereby six female bishops suffragan would be "[given] rights of attendance". [222] They are: [216]
The following meetings of the Crown Nominations Commission have been held since 2020, with the outcomes listed: [223]
See | First meeting | Second meeting | Announcement | Election confirmed |
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Chester | 3 February 2020 | 16 & 17 March 2020 | 12 May 2020 | 15 July 2020 |
Chelmsford | 12 October 2020 | 18 & 19 November 2020 | 17 December 2020 | 11 March 2021 |
Portsmouth | 21 June 2021 | 20 & 21 July 2021 | 8 October 2021 | 18 January 2022 [85] |
Salisbury | 29 September 2021 | 9 & 10 November 2021 | 13 January 2022 | 1 April 2022 |
Rochester | 14 December 2021 | 27 & 28 January 2022 | 31 March 2022 | 24 May 2022 |
Bath and Wells | 31 January 2022 | 28 February & 1 March 2022 | 28 April 2022 | 29 June 2022 |
Liverpool | 16 May 2022 | 21 & 22 June 2022 | 18 October 2022 | TBA |
Newcastle | 7 June 2022 | 18 & 19 July 2022 | 20 October 2022 | TBA |
Blackburn | 21 September 2022 | 8 & 9 November 2022 | 10 January 2023 | TBA |
See | First meeting | Second meeting | Estimated announcement | Election confirmed |
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Lincoln | 24 February 2023 | 28 & 29 March 2023 | end of May 2023 | TBA |
Winchester | 21 March 2023 | 27 & 28 April 2023 | TBA | TBA |
Birmingham | 21 April 2023 | 18 & 19 May 2023 | TBA | TBA |
Peterborough | 13 June 2023 | 19 & 20 July 2023 | TBA | TBA |
The Bishop of Ripon is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. The bishop is one of the area bishops of the Diocese of Leeds in the Province of York. The area bishop of Ripon has oversight of the archdeaconry of Richmond and Craven, which consists of the deaneries of Bowland, Ewecross, Harrogate, Richmond, Ripon, Skipton, and Wensley.
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq mi) of several counties: almost all of Staffordshire, northern Shropshire, a significant portion of the West Midlands, and very small portions of Warwickshire and Powys (Wales).
The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The post is held by Joanne Grenfell whose consecration as bishop, and start of her tenure as Bishop of Stepney, was on 3 July 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral; the principal consecrator was Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
John Geoffrey Inge is a bishop in the Church of England. He is currently the Bishop of Worcester in the Diocese of Worcester. From 2003 to 2007, he was Bishop of Huntingdon, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ely.
The Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dover in Kent. The Bishop of Dover holds the additional title of "Bishop in Canterbury" and is empowered to act almost as if the Bishop of Dover were the diocesan bishop of Canterbury, since the actual diocesan bishop is based at Lambeth Palace in London, and thus is frequently away from the diocese, fulfilling national and international duties. Among other things, this gives the Bishop of Dover an ex officio seat in the church's General Synod. There is another suffragan, the Bishop of Maidstone, who has different responsibilities.
The Bishop of Maidstone is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the county town of Maidstone in Kent.
The Bishop of Ebbsfleet is a suffragan bishop who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor in the Church of England. From its creation in 1994 to 2022, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet served conservative Anglo-Catholic parishes that reject the ordination of women as priests and bishops. From 2023, the bishop will serve conservative evangelical parishes that reject the ordination and/or leadership of women due to complementarian beliefs.
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Martin Charles William Gorick is a British Anglican bishop, who has served since 2020 as Bishop of Dudley, the sole suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Worcester. He was previously Archdeacon of Oxford in the Diocese of Oxford from 2013.
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