Bishop of Manchester
Diocesan bishop in the Church of England
Bishop of
Manchester
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Incumbent:
David Walker |
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Ecclesiastical province | York |
Residence | Bishopscourt , Broughton |
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First holder | James Prince Lee |
Established | 1847 |
Diocese | Manchester |
Cathedral | Manchester Cathedral |
The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York . [1] [2]
The current bishop is David Walker who was enthroned on 30 November 2013. The bishop's official residence is Bishopscourt, Broughton, Salford . [3]
History
The Diocese of Manchester was founded in 1847. With the growth of the population in and around Manchester, the bishop appointed the first suffragan bishop , the Bishop of Hulme , in 1924 to assist in overseeing the diocese. Three years later a second was appointed, the Bishop of Middleton . After nearly sixty years, the third and final suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Bolton , was appointed in 1984. [4]
List of bishops
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1848 | 1869 |
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Died in office. |
1870 | 1885 |
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Died in office; in the ensuing vacancy, John Mitchinson was acting bishop. [5] |
1886 | 1903 |
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Translated from Melbourne ; retired; died 1915. |
1903 | 1921 |
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Translated from Coventry ; retired; died 1937. |
1921 | 1929 |
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Translated to York then Canterbury ; died in office 1944. |
1929 | 1947 |
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Translated from Chelmsford ; retired; died 1953. |
1947 | 1970 |
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Retired; died 1972. |
1970 | 1978 |
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Translated to Oxford ; retired; died 2002. |
1979 | 1992 [6] |
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Retired; died 1996. |
1993 | 2002 |
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Translated from Wolverhampton ; retired. |
2002 | 2013 |
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Translated from Wakefield . |
2013 | incumbent |
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Translated from Dudley |
Source(s): [7] |
Assistant bishops
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese are:
- 1887 – 1901 (d.): Francis Cramer-Roberts , Vicar of Blackburn , Archdeacon of Blackburn (1900 onwards) and former Bishop of Nassau [8]
See also
References
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition) , Church House Publishing ( ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 ).
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 260–261. ISBN 0-521-56350-X .
- ↑ Provincial Directory: Manchester . Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ↑ Manchester and its many bishops . BBC . Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ↑ "col. 1" . Church Times . No. 1191. 20 November 1885. p. 899. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ↑ "New bishop announced" . Independent. 23 December 1992 . Retrieved 6 April 2015 .
- ↑ "Historical successions: Manchester" . Crockford's Clerical Directory . Retrieved 14 July 2012 .
- ↑ "Church news" . Church Times . No. 1252. 21 January 1887. p. 46. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 20 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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