List of bishops in the Church of England

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The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops.

Diocesan bishops

Key
  Active
  Inactive
  Sede vacante
  Male
  Female

Lords Spiritual with ex officio seniority

# Bishop Person Date of birth & age Election confirmed[lower-alpha 1] Consecrated[lower-alpha 2] Introduced[lower-alpha 3]
1 The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby[1][lower-alpha 4] (1956-01-06) 6 January 1956 (age 68) 4 February 2013[3] 28 October 2011[lower-roman 1] 26 February 2013[6]
2 The Archbishop of York John Sentamu[lower-alpha 5] (1949-06-10) 10 June 1949 (age 74) 5 October 2005[7] 25 September 1996[lower-roman 2] 25 January 2006[9]
3 The Bishop of London Richard Chartres[lower-alpha 6] (1947-07-11) 11 July 1947 (age 76) November 1995[10] 22 May 1992[lower-roman 3] 22 January 1996[11]
4 The Bishop of Durham Paul Butler[lower-alpha 7] (1955-09-18) 18 September 1955 (age 68)[13] 20 January 2014[12] 24 June 2004[lower-roman 4] 3 March 2014[14]
5 The Bishop of Winchester
(Bishop for Higher and Further Education)[15]		 Tim Dakin[16][lower-alpha 8] (1958-02-06) 6 February 1958 (age 66) 20 December 2011[17] 25 January 2012[18][19] 26 March 2012[20]

Lords Spiritual with seniority of service

# Bishop Person Date of birth & age Election confirmed[lower-alpha 1] Consecrated[lower-alpha 2] Introduced[lower-alpha 3]
6 The Bishop of Chester Peter Forster (1950-03-16) 16 March 1950 (age 74) 1996 13 November 1996 14 November 2001[21]
7 The Bishop of Norwich Graham James (1951-01-19) 19 January 1951 (age 73) 1999 23 February 1993[lower-roman 5] 17 March 2004[22]
8 The Bishop of Bristol Mike Hill (1949-04-17) 17 April 1949 (age 75) 2003 19 March 1998[lower-roman 6] 16 July 2009[23]
9 The Bishop of Derby Alastair Redfern (1948-09-01) 1 September 1948 (age 75) 2005 2 December 1997[lower-roman 7] 15 June 2010[24]
10 The Bishop of Birmingham
(Convenor of the Lords Spiritual)[25]		 David Urquhart (1952-04-14) 14 April 1952 (age 72) 2006 2000[lower-roman 8] 26 October 2010[26]
11 The Bishop of Worcester John Inge (1955-02-26) 26 February 1955 (age 69) 2008 9 October 2003[lower-roman 9] 25 June 2012[27]
12 The Bishop of Coventry Christopher Cocksworth (1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 65) 2008 3 July 2008 15 January 2013[28]
13 The Bishop of Truro Tim Thornton (1957-04-14) 14 April 1957 (age 67) 2009 21 October 2001[lower-roman 10] 22 April 2013[29]
14 The Bishop of Sheffield Steven Croft (1957-05-29) 29 May 1957 (age 66) 2008 25 January 2009 14 October 2013[30]
15 The Bishop of St Albans Alan Smith (1957-02-14) 14 February 1957 (age 67) 31 March 2009[31] 2001[lower-roman 11] 4 November 2013[32]
16 The Bishop of Carlisle
(lead bishop on healthcare issues)[33]		 James Newcome (1953-07-24) 24 July 1953 (age 70) 2009 2002[lower-roman 12] 23 October 2013[34]
17 The Bishop of Peterborough Donald Allister (1952-08-27) 27 August 1952 (age 71) 2010 25 March 2010 4 February 2014[35]
18 The Bishop of Portsmouth Christopher Foster[36] (1953-11-07) 7 November 1953 (age 70) 2010 21 October 2001[lower-roman 13] 6 February 2014[37]
19 The Bishop of Chelmsford Stephen Cottrell (1958-08-31) 31 August 1958 (age 65) 6 October 2010[38] 4 May 2004[lower-roman 14] 25 March 2014[39]
20 The Bishop of Rochester
(Bishop to HM Prisons)[40]		 James Langstaff[41] (1956-06-07) 7 June 1956 (age 67) 2010 21 June 2004[lower-roman 15] 1 April 2014[42]
21 The Bishop of Ely Stephen Conway (1957-12-22) 22 December 1957 (age 66) 6 December 2010[43] 22 June 2006[lower-roman 16] 7 July 2014[44]
22 The Bishop of Southwark
(Bishop for Urban Life and Faith)		 Christopher Chessun (1956-08-05) 5 August 1956 (age 67) 17 January 2011[45] 21 April 2005[lower-roman 17] 15 December 2014[46]
23 The Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines[lower-alpha 9] (1957-11-13) 13 November 1957 (age 66) 8 June 2014[48] 8 May 2003[lower-roman 18] 5 February 2015[49]
24 The Bishop of Salisbury
(Chair of the CMDDP)[50]		 Nick Holtam (1954-08-08) 8 August 1954 (age 69) 21 July 2011 22 July 2011[51] 9 February 2015[52]
25[lower-alpha 10] The Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek (1963-02-04) 4 February 1963 (age 61) 15 June 2015[54] 22 July 2015[55] 26 October 2015[56]
26[lower-alpha 10] The Bishop of Newcastle Christine Hardman[57] (1951-08-27) 27 August 1951 (age 72) 22 September 2015[58] 30 November 2015[58] 26 January 2016 (announced)[59]

Other diocesan bishops

# Bishop Person Date of birth & age Election confirmed[lower-alpha 1] Consecrated[lower-alpha 2]
26a[lower-alpha 11] The Bishop at Lambeth,
Bishop to the Forces and
Bishop for the Falkland Islands[60]		 Nigel Stock[61] (1950-01-29) 29 January 1950 (age 74) 20 October 2013Not elected 2000[lower-roman 19]
26b[lower-alpha 12] The Bishop of Sodor and Man Robert Paterson (1949-02-27) 27 February 1949 (age 75) 18 April 2008Not elected[62] 25 April 2008
27 The Bishop of Lincoln Christopher Lowson (1953-02-03) 3 February 1953 (age 71) 2011 21 September 2011[63]
28 The Bishop of Chichester Martin Warner (1958-12-24) 24 December 1958 (age 65) 2 July 2012[64] 26 January 2010[65][lower-roman 20]
29 The Bishop of Blackburn Julian Henderson (1954-07-23) 23 July 1954 (age 69)[66] 30 September 2013[67] 10 October 2013[68]
30 The Bishop of Manchester
(lead bishop for religious communities)[69]		 David Walker (1957-05-30) 30 May 1957 (age 66) 7 October 2013 2000[lower-roman 21]
31 The Bishop of Bath and Wells Peter Hancock (1955-07-26) 26 July 1955 (age 68) 4 March 2014[70] 21 September 2010[71][lower-roman 22]
32a The Bishop of Exeter Robert Atwell (1954-08-03) 3 August 1954 (age 69) 30 April 2014 24 June 2008[72][lower-roman 23]
32b[lower-alpha 12] The Bishop in Europe Robert Innes 1959 (age 64–65)[73] 20 July 2014Not elected[74] 20 July 2014[74]
33 The Bishop of Liverpool Paul Bayes (1953-11-02) 2 November 1953 (age 70) 23 July 2014[75] 21 September 2010[76][76][lower-roman 24]
34 The Bishop of Hereford Richard Frith (1949-04-08) 8 April 1949 (age 75) 17 October 2014[77] 1998[lower-roman 25]
35 The Bishop of Guildford Andrew Watson (1961-07-16) 16 July 1961 (age 62) 24 November 2014[78] 28 October 2008[79][lower-roman 26]
36 The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Martin Seeley (1954-05-29) 29 May 1954 (age 69) 7 May 2015[80] 14 May 2015 (announced)[81]
37 The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Paul Williams (1968-01-16) 16 January 1968 (age 56) 11 May 2015[82] 25 March 2009[83]
38 Bishop-designate of Leicester
(The Bishop of Tewkesbury)		 Martyn Snow 1968 (age 55–56)[84] 1 March 2016"Spring 2016"[85] 25 September 2013
39 The Bishop of Oxford ZwVacant since 31 October 2014 (2000-01-14) January 14, 2000 (age 24) 14 January 2038 14 January 2038
40 The Bishop of Lichfield ZxVacant since 30 September 2015 (2000-01-15) January 15, 2000 (age 24) 15 January 2038 15 January 2038

Acting diocesan bishops

nb: acting diocesan bishops, properly called episcopal commissaries, are referred to by a wide variety of informal titles. For simplicity, this article refers only to the acting Bishop of Somewhere.
Acting bishop Person Date of birth & age Acting since Consecration[lower-alpha 2]
Acting Bishop of Oxford
(The area Bishop of Dorchester)		 Colin Fletcher (1950-11-17) 17 November 1950 (age 73) 31 October 2014[86] October 2000
Acting Bishop of Leicester
(The Bishop suffragan of Brixworth)		 John Holbrook (1962-06-14) 14 June 1962 (age 61) 1 September 2015[87] 2 June 2011[88]
Acting Bishop of Lichfield
(The area Bishop of Wolverhampton)		 Clive Gregory[89] (1961-11-25) 25 November 1961 (age 62) 30 September 2015 19 April 2007[90]

Suffragan bishops

# Diocese Bishop Person Date of birth & age Took office[lower-alpha 13] Consecrated[lower-alpha 2]
1 Canterbury The Bishop of Dover Trevor Willmott (1950-03-29) 29 March 1950 (age 74) 6 February 2010 (installed) 2002[lower-roman 27]
2 Oxford The area Bishop of Dorchester,
acting Bishop of Oxford		 Colin Fletcher (1950-11-17) 17 November 1950 (age 73) October 2000 (consecrated) October 2000
3[lower-alpha 14] Leicester The Assistant Bishop of Leicester Christopher Boyle (1951-11-08) 8 November 1951 (age 72) 2009 (translated)[91] 22 April 2001[lower-roman 28]
4 London The area Bishop of Willesden Pete Broadbent[lower-alpha 15] (1952-07-31) 31 July 1952 (age 71) 2001 (consecrated) 2001
5[lower-alpha 14] Newcastle The Assistant Bishop of Newcastle Frank White (1949-05-26) 26 May 1949 (age 74) 2010 (translated) 2002[lower-roman 29]
7 Southwark The area Bishop of Kingston Richard Cheetham (1955-08-18) 18 August 1955 (age 68) 17 October 2002 (consecrated) 17 October 2002[92]
8 Europe The Suffragan Bishop in Europe David Hamid (1955-06-18) 18 June 1955 (age 68) 17 October 2002 (consecrated) 17 October 2002[93]
9 Leeds The area Bishop of Wakefield Tony Robinson (1956-04-25) 25 April 1956 (age 67) 6 December 2002 (consecrated) 6 December 2002
10 Oxford The area Bishop of Buckingham Alan Wilson (1955-03-27) 27 March 1955 (age 69) 9 October 2003 (consecrated) 9 October 2003
11 Leeds The area Bishop of Ripon James Bell (1950-11-20) 20 November 1950 (age 73) 2 March 2004 (consecrated) 2 March 2004
12 Coventry The Bishop of Warwick John Stroyan (1955-05-05) 5 May 1955 (age 68) 21 April 2005 (consecrated) 21 April 2005
13 Bristol The Bishop of Swindon Lee Rayfield (1955-09-30) 30 September 1955 (age 68) 8 June 2005 (consecrated) 8 June 2005
14 Southwell & Nottingham The Bishop of Sherwood Tony Porter (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 72) 21 March 2006 (consecrated) 21 March 2006
15 Blackburn The Bishop of Lancaster Geoff Pearson (1951-07-18) 18 July 1951 (age 72) 2 November 2006 (consecrated) 2 November 2006[94]
16 Chester The Bishop of Birkenhead Keith Sinclair (1952-12-03) 3 December 1952 (age 71) 8 March 2007 (consecrated) 8 March 2007[95]
17 Lichfield The area Bishop of Wolverhampton,
acting Bishop of Lichfield		 Clive Gregory (1961-11-25) 25 November 1961 (age 62) 19 April 2007 (consecrated) 19 April 2007[90]
18 Oxford The area Bishop of Reading Andrew Proud (1954-03-27) 27 March 1954 (age 70) 2011 (translated)[96] 20 April 2007late April 2007[lower-roman 30]
19 Durham The Bishop of Jarrow Mark Bryant (1949-10-08) 8 October 1949 (age 74) 13 September 2007 (consecrated) 13 September 2007
20a Manchester The Bishop of Middleton Mark Davies (1962-05-12) 12 May 1962 (age 61) 25 April 2008 (consecrated) 25 April 2008[97]
20b Manchester The Bishop of Bolton Chris Edmondson[upper-alpha 1] (1950-06-25) 25 June 1950 (age 73) 25 April 2008 (consecrated) 25 April 2008[97]
22 Ely The Bishop of Huntingdon David Thomson (1952-02-02) 2 February 1952 (age 72) 3 July 2008 (consecrated) 3 July 2008[99]
23 Chichester The area Bishop of Horsham Mark Sowerby (1963-10-28) 28 October 1963 (age 60) 25 July 2009 (consecrated) 25 July 2009[100]
24a Hereford The Bishop of Ludlow Alistair Magowan[lower-alpha 15] (1955-02-10) 10 February 1955 (age 69) 29 September 2009 (consecrated) 29 September 2009[100]
24b Norwich The Bishop of Thetford Alan Winton (1958-09-04) 4 September 1958 (age 65) 29 September 2009 (consecrated) 29 September 2009[100]
26 Lichfield The area Bishop of Shrewsbury Mark Rylands (1961-07-11) 11 July 1961 (age 62) 28 October 2009 (consecrated) 28 October 2009[101]
27 Liverpool The Bishop of Warrington Richard Blackburn[lower-alpha 15] (1952-01-22) 22 January 1952 (age 72) 3 November 2009 (consecrated) 3 November 2009[100]
28 Lichfield The area Bishop of Stafford Geoff Annas (1953-11-29) 29 November 1953 (age 70) 21 September 2010 (consecrated) 21 September 2010[102]
29 Winchester The Bishop of Southampton Jonathan Frost[lower-alpha 15] (1964-09-26) 26 September 1964 (age 59) 30 November 2010 (consecrated) 30 November 2010[103]
30a Peterborough The Bishop of Brixworth John Holbrook (1962-06-14) 14 June 1962 (age 61) 2 June 2011 (consecrated) 2 June 2011[88]
30b Norwich The Bishop of Lynn Jonathan Meyrick[lower-alpha 15] (1953-04-23) 23 April 1953 (age 71) 2 June 2011 (consecrated) 2 June 2011[104]
32a London AEO The Bishop of Fulham Jonathan Baker[lower-alpha 15] (1966-10-06) 6 October 1966 (age 57) 13 February 2013 (translated)[105][106] 16 June 2011[lower-roman 31]
32b Canterbury AEO The Bishop of Richborough Norman Banks (1954-04-04) 4 April 1954 (age 70) 16 June 2011 (consecrated) 16 June 2011
34 London The area Bishop of Stepney Adrian Newman (1958-12-21) 21 December 1958 (age 65) 22 July 2011 (consecrated) 22 July 2011[107]
35 Carlisle The Bishop of Penrith Robert Freeman[108] (1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 71) 28 October 2011 (consecrated) 28 October 2011[5]
36 Chelmsford The area Bishop of Bradwell John Wraw[109] (1959-02-04) 4 February 1959 (age 65) 25 January 2012 (consecrated) 25 January 2012[110]
37 Sheffield The Bishop of Doncaster Peter Burrows (1955-05-27) 27 May 1955 (age 68) 2 February 2012 (consecrated) 2 February 2012
38a Southwark The area Bishop of Croydon Jonathan Clark[111] (1961-02-13) 13 February 1961 (age 63) 21 March 2012 (consecrated) 21 March 2012[111]
38b Southwark The area Bishop of Woolwich Michael Ipgrave[111] (1958-04-18) 18 April 1958 (age 66) 21 March 2012 (consecrated) 21 March 2012[111]
40 St Albans The Bishop of Bedford Richard Atkinson[112] (1958-12-17) 17 December 1958 (age 65)[113] 17 May 2012 (consecrated) 17 May 2012[114]
41 Salisbury The Bishop of Ramsbury Ed Condry[115] (1953-04-25) 25 April 1953 (age 70)[116] 21 September 2012 (consecrated) 21 September 2012[117]
42 Exeter The Bishop of Plymouth Nick McKinnel (1954-08-19) 19 August 1954 (age 69) 19 April 2015 (translated)[118] 30 November 2012[lower-roman 32]
43 York AEO The Bishop of Beverley Glyn Webster[120][lower-alpha 15] (1951-06-03) 3 June 1951 (age 72) 25 January 2013 (consecrated) 25 January 2013[121]
44 Truro The Bishop of St Germans Chris Goldsmith[122] 1954 (age 69–70)[123] 14 May 2013 (consecrated) 14 May 2013[124]
45a Canterbury AEO The Bishop of Ebbsfleet Jonathan Goodall[125] 1961 (age 62–63)[126] 25 September 2013 (consecrated) 25 September 2013
45b Gloucester The Bishop of Tewkesbury
(Bishop-designate of Leicester)		 Martyn Snow[127] 1968 (age 55–56)[84] 25 September 2013 (consecrated) 25 September 2013
47 Worcester The Bishop of Dudley Graham Usher[128] 1970 (age 53–54)[129] 25 March 2014 (consecrated) 25 March 2014[130]
48 Chichester The area Bishop of Lewes Richard Jackson[131] 1961 (age 62–63)[132] 14 May 2014 (consecrated) 14 May 2014[131]
49a York The Bishop of Whitby Paul Ferguson[133] (1955-07-13) 13 July 1955 (age 68)[134] 3 July 2014 (consecrated) 3 July 2014[133]
49b York The Bishop of Selby John Thomson[133] 1959 (age 64–65)[135] 3 July 2014 (consecrated) 3 July 2014[133]
51a Lincoln The Bishop of Grimsby David Court[136] 1958 (age 65–66)[137] 25 July 2014 (consecrated) 25 July 2014[136]
51b Chelmsford The area Bishop of Barking Peter Hill[138] (1950-02-04) 4 February 1950 (age 74)[139] 25 July 2014 (consecrated) 25 July 2014[138]
51c Chelmsford The area Bishop of Colchester Roger Morris[140] (1968-07-18) 18 July 1968 (age 55)[141] 25 July 2014 (consecrated) 25 July 2014[140]
54 Winchester The Bishop of Basingstoke David Williams[142] 1961 (age 62–63)[143] 19 September 2014 (consecrated) 19 September 2014[142]
55a Leeds The area Bishop of Huddersfield Jonathan Gibbs[144][lower-alpha 15] 1961 (age 62–63)[145] 17 October 2014 (consecrated) 17 October 2014[144]
55b Leeds The area Bishop of Bradford Toby Howarth[144] 1962 (age 61–62)[146] 17 October 2014 (consecrated) 17 October 2014[144]
57 Chester The Bishop of Stockport Libby Lane[147][lower-alpha 16][lower-alpha 15] 1966 (age 57–58)[148] 26 January 2015 (consecrated)[147] 26 January 2015
58 Blackburn The Bishop of Burnley Philip North[149] 1966 (age 57–58)[150] 2 February 2015 (consecrated)[151] 2 February 2015
59 St Albans The Bishop of Hertford Michael Beasley[152] 1968 (age 55–56)[153] 14 May 2015 (consecrated) 14 May 2015[154]
60 York The Bishop of Hull Alison White[155] 1956 (age 67–68)[156] 3 July 2015 (consecrated) 3 July 2015
61 Leeds The Bishop of Richmond Paul Slater[157] (1958-03-22) 22 March 1958 (age 66)[158] 19 July 2015 (consecration) 19 July 2015[157]
62 Exeter The Bishop of Crediton Sarah Mullally[159] (1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62)[160] 22 July 2015 22 July 2015[159]
63a Canterbury AEO The Bishop of Maidstone Rod Thomas[161] 1954 (age 69–70)[162] 23 September 2015 (consecration) 23 September 2015[163]
63b London The area Bishop of Kensington Graham Tomlin[164] 1958 (age 65–66) 23 September 2015 (consecration) 23 September 2015[165]
63c London The area Bishop of Edmonton Rob Wickham unknown 23 September 2015 (consecration) 23 September 2015[163]
66a Bath & Wells The Bishop of Taunton Ruth Worsley[166] 1962 (age 61–62) 29 September 2015 (consecration)[167] 29 September 2015
66b Birmingham The Bishop of Aston Anne Hollinghurst[168] 1964 (age 59–60) 29 September 2015 (consecration)[169] 29 September 2015
66c London The Bishop of Islington
(national bishop for church plants)		 Ric Thorpe 1965 (age 58–59) 29 September 2015 (consecration) 29 September 2015[163]
69 Lincoln The Bishop of Grantham Nicholas Chamberlain unknown 19 November 2015 (consecration) 19 November 2015[170]
70 Salisbury Bishop-designate of Sherborne Karen Gorham (1964-06-24) 24 June 1964 (age 59) 24 February 2016 (consecration) 24 February 2016 (announced)[171]
71 St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Bishop-designate of Dunwich Mike Harrison unknown 24 February 2016 (consecration) 24 February 2016 (announced)[172]
72— Derby The Bishop of Repton ZvVacant since 1 April 2015 (2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 24) 13 January 2038 13 January 2038
73— Guildford The Bishop of Dorking ZxVacant since 30 September 2015 (2000-01-15) January 15, 2000 (age 24) 15 January 2038 15 January 2038
74— Rochester The Bishop of Tonbridge ZyVacant since 31 October 2015 (2000-01-16) January 16, 2000 (age 24) 16 January 2038 16 January 2038

House of Bishops

The membership of the General Synod's House of Bishops is:[173]

  • All 42 bishops diocesan (or as many as are in post)
  • The Bishop suffragan of Dover (Trevor Willmott; since 2010)
  • 9 bishops suffragan (5 from Canterbury province; 4 from York) elected by and from among all the bishops suffragan.
The following have been elected to serve in the Convocations for 2015–2020:[174]
  1. Pete Broadbent, area Bishop of Willesden (since 2001)
  2. Jonathan Meyrick, Bishop suffragan of Lynn (since 2013)
  3. Jonathan Gibbs, area Bishop of Huddersfield (since 2015)
  4. Richard Blackburn, Bishop suffragan of Warrington (since 2015)
  5. Alistair Magowan, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow (since 2015)
  6. Jonathan Frost, Bishop suffragan of Southampton (since 2015)
  7. Jonathan Baker, Bishop suffragan of Fulham (since 2015)
  8. Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley (since 2015)
  9. Libby Lane, Bishop suffragan of Stockport (since 2015)

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.[175]

Additionally, eight women, each elected by and from among the female "senior priests" of a specific region, attend meetings of the House of Bishops:[176]

  1. Vivienne Faull, Dean of York (North East region)
  2. Annette Cooper, Archdeacon of Colchester (East Anglia region)
  3. vacancy (South East region)
  4. Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells (South West region)
  5. Christine Wilson, Archdeacon of Chesterfield (East Midlands region)
  6. Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown (South and Central region)
  7. Jane Tillier, Diocesan Adviser for Women in Ministry, Diocese of Lichfield (West Midlands region)
  8. vacancy (North West region)

Scheduled Crown Nominations Committee (CNC) meetings

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Further information: Appointment of Church of England bishops

The following meetings of the Crown Nominations Commission have been held since September 2014, with the outcomes listed; in addition, further meetings have been announced up until 2016:[177]

See First meeting Second meeting Announcement Election confirmed
Eds & Ips 11 September 2014 15 & 16 October 2014 20 November 2014 7 May 2015[178]
Southwell & Nottingham 3 November 2014 2 & 3 December 2014 10 February 2015 11 May 2015[82]
Gloucester 8 January 2015 19 & 20 February 2015 26 March 2015 15 June 2015
Oxford 14 April 2015 11–12 May 2015 14 May 2015 not filled
Newcastle 23 June 2015 23–24 July 2015 2 September 2015 22 September 2015[58]
Leicester 11 September 2015 8–9 October 2015 15 December 2015 2016
Lichfield 9 December 2015 20–21 January 2016 c. March 2016 (expected) TBA
Oxford (same vacancy)[179] 4 February 2016 7–8 March 2016 c. May 2016 (expected) TBA

See also

Consecration notes

  1. ↑ Welby was consecrated as Bishop of Durham in 2011.[5]
  2. ↑ Sentamu was consecrated as area Bishop of Stepney in 1996; he was translated to Birmingham in 2002.[8]
  3. ↑ Chartres was consecrated as area Bishop of Stepney in 1992.
  4. ↑ Butler was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Southampton in 2004; he translated to Southwell & Nottingham in 2009.
  5. ↑ James was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of St Germans in 1993.
  6. ↑ Mike Hill was consecrated as area Bishop of Buckingham in 1998.
  7. ↑ Redfern was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Grantham in 1997.
  8. ↑ Urquhart was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead in 2000.
  9. ↑ Inge was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon in 2003.
  10. ↑ Thornton was consecrated as area Bishop of Sherborne in 2001.
  11. ↑ Smith was consecrated as area Bishop of Shrewsbury in 2001.
  12. ↑ Newcome was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Penrith in 2002.
  13. ↑ Foster was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Hertford in 2001.
  14. ↑ Cottrell was consecrated as area Bishop of Reading in 2004.
  15. ↑ Langstaff was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Lynn in 2004.
  16. ↑ Conway was consecrated as area Bishop of Ramsbury in 2006.
  17. ↑ Chessun was consecrated as area Bishop of Woolwich in 2005.
  18. ↑ Baines was consecrated as area Bishop of Croydon in 2003; he was translated to Bradford in 2011 and that see was dissolved in 2014, two months prior to his election to Leeds.
  19. ↑ Stock was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Stockport in 2000; he was translated to St Edmundsbury & Ipswich in 2007.
  20. ↑ Warner was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Whitby in 2010.
  21. ↑ Walker was consecrated as area Bishop of Dudley in 2000.
  22. ↑ Hancock was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke in 2010.
  23. ↑ Atwell was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Stockport in 2008.
  24. ↑ Bayes was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Hertford in 2010.
  25. ↑ Frith was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Hull in 1998.
  26. ↑ Watson was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Aston in 2008.
  27. ↑ Willmott was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke in 2002.
  28. ↑ Boyle was consecrated as diocesan Bishop of Northern Malawi (Church of the Province of Central Africa) in 2001.
  29. ↑ White was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Brixworth in 2002.
  30. ↑ Proud's consecration as area bishop for the Horn of Africa (Diocese of Egypt) was reported in the Church Times, 27 April 2007.
  31. ↑ Baker was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (PEV) in 2011.
  32. ↑ McKinnel was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Crediton on 30 November 2002.[119]

Resignations and retirements

  1. ↑ It has been announced that Edmondson is to retire on 30 June 2016.[98]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The date the person's election to their current see was confirmed.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The date the person was consecrated as an Anglican bishop.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The date(s) the person was introduced in the House of Lords.
  4. ↑ Welby was translated to Canterbury upon the confirmation of his election (at which point he became the bishop diocesan proper)[2] on 4 February.[3] His installation at Canterbury Cathedral duly occurred on 21 March 2013[4]
  5. ↑ Sentamu was translated to York upon the confirmation of his election at St Mary-le-Bow, London on 5 October 2005.[7]
  6. ↑ Chartres was translated to London upon the confirmation of his election in November 1995.[10]
  7. ↑ Butler was translated to Durham upon the confirmation of his election at York Minster on 20 January 2014.[12]
  8. ↑ Dakin became Bishop of Winchester upon the confirmation of his election on 20 December 2011.[17]
  9. ↑ Baines became acting diocesan and area bishop for Leeds on 22 April 2014,[47] then became diocesan and area Bishop of Leeds proper upon the confirmation of his election on 8 June.[48]
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Accelerated in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.[53]
  11. ↑ The Bishop of Lambeth is not a diocesan bishop (he cannot join the Lords), but ranks highly as episcopal chief of staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Bishops of Sodor and Man and in Europe are ineligible for seats in the House of Lords; the Bishop of Sodor and Man is, however, ex officio a member of the Manx Legislative Council.
  13. ↑ The date the person took up office in their current suffragan role; for suffragans in their first see, this date is the same as their consecration.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Assistant Bishops of Newcastle and of Leicester are suffragan bishops only in practice. They are officially stipendiary assistant bishops.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Elected suffragan member of the House of Bishops for the 2015–2020 Convocations.
  16. ↑ Lane has the distinction of being the first woman consecrated as a bishop in the Church of England.

References

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  2. ↑ Peter Owen – Choosing Bishops
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Canterbury Cathedral – Welby announced as 105th Archbishop
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Church of England – Sentamu: Confirmation as Archbishop of York (Accessed 15 July 2013)
  8. ↑ Archbishop of York – Biography (Accessed 8 November 2013)
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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