| There
are just over 100 Bishops in the Church of England (excluding
all the retired ones).
Around half these are
Area, Assistant or Suffragan Bishops.
The full complement
is called the College
of Bishops.
There are 44 Dioceses,
including the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe and the Diocese
of Sodor and Man.
The House
of Bishops is made up of the 44 Diocesan
Bishops, the Bishop of Dover (who acts on behalf of Canterbury
Diocese) and a few Bishops elected from amongst the suffragans.
The House forms one three
houses of General Synod.
Canterbury, York, London, Durham
and
Winchester always have seats in the House of Lords
According to Crockfords "Twenty-one
of the remaining Diocesan Bishops also sit in the Upper House, and they do
so according to their dates of seniority. When a vacancy arises, it is
filled by the senior Diocesan Bishop without a seat, and the vacated See is
placed at the foot of the list of those awaiting seats. Translation of a Bishop
from one See to another does not affect his right to sit in the House of Lords.
The Bishop of Sodor and Man and the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe are not eligible
to sit in the House of Lords, but the former has a seat in the Upper House of
the Tynwald, Isle of Man."
The list below shows all the Diocesans
and Dover. If there are errors in the list we would be grateful to be
informed. The statements of churchmanship is entirely our own and subjective.
An analysis of these figures can
be found in an article on evangelicals.org
| Bath and Wells |
| Peter |
Price |
| Consecrated : |
1997 |
Appointed: |
2002 |
| College: |
Oak Hill |
| Age (approx): |
63 (b1944) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Kingston, CanRes Southwark Cathedral,
GenSec USPG |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical
|
| Birmingham |
| David |
Urquhart |
| Consecrated : |
2000 |
Appointed: |
2006 |
| College: |
Wycliffe Hall |
| Age (approx): |
55 (b1952) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Birkenhead |
| Churchmanship: |
Charismatic Evangelical
|
| Blackburn |
| Nicholas |
Reade |
| Consecrated : |
2004 |
Appointed: |
2004 |
| College: |
Mirfield |
| Age (approx): |
61 (b1946) |
| Previous Posts : |
Archdn Lewes, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Traditional Anglo-Catholic
|
| Bradford |
| David |
James |
| Consecrated : |
1998 |
Appointed: |
2002 |
| College: |
Nottingham St John |
| Age (approx): |
62 (b1945) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Pontefract |
| Churchmanship: |
|
| Bristol |
| Michael |
Hill |
| Consecrated : |
1998 |
Appointed: |
2003 |
| College: |
Ridley Hall |
| Age (approx): |
58 (b1949) |
| Previous Posts : |
AreaBp Buckingham, Adn Berks |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical
|
| Canterbury |
| Rowan |
Williams |
| Consecrated : |
1992 |
Appointed: |
2002 |
| College: |
Mirfield |
| Age (approx): |
57 (b1950) |
| Previous Posts : |
Abp Wales, Bp Monmouth, Prof Oxford |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Carlisle |
| Graham |
Dow |
| Consecrated : |
1992 |
Appointed: |
2000 |
| College: |
Clifton (Bristol) |
| Age (approx): |
65 (b1942 Jul 4) |
| Previous Posts : |
Incumbent, Canon Tehologian Coventry Cathedral,
Lecturer St John's Nottingham |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal / Charismatic
Evangelical
|
| Chelmsford |
| John |
Gladwin |
| Consecrated : |
1994 |
Appointed: |
2003 |
| College: |
Cranmer Hall |
| Age (approx): |
65 (b1942 May 30) |
| Previous Posts : |
Bp Guildford, Preb St. Paul's Cathedral, Tutor St. John's Durham |
| Churchmanship: |
Revisionist
|
| Chester |
| Peter |
Forster |
| Consecrated : |
1996 |
Appointed: |
1996 |
| College: |
Edinburgh |
| Age (approx): |
57 (b1950) |
| Previous Posts : |
Incumbent, Tutor St John' Durham |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical but morally conservative
|
| Chichester |
| John |
Hind |
| Consecrated : |
1991 |
Appointed: |
2001 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
62 (b1945) |
| Previous Posts : |
Bp Europe, Principal Chich Theol Colege, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Traditional Anglo-Catholic
|
| Coventry |
| VACANT |
|
| Consecrated : |
|
Appointed: |
|
| College: |
|
| Age (approx): |
|
| Previous Posts : |
|
| Churchmanship: |
|
| Derby |
| Alastair |
Redfern |
| Consecrated : |
1997 |
Appointed: |
2005 |
| College: |
Queens |
| Age (approx): |
59 (b1948) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp grantham, Dean Lincoln Cathedral, Tutor Cuddesdon |
| Churchmanship: |
|
| Dover |
| Stephen |
Venner |
| Consecrated : |
1994 |
Appointed: |
1999 |
| College: |
St Stephens |
| Age (approx): |
63 (b1944 Jun 19) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Middleton, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Durham |
| Tom |
Wright |
| Consecrated : |
2003 |
Appointed: |
2003 |
| College: |
Wycliffe |
| Age (approx): |
59 (b1948) |
| Previous Posts : |
Canon Westminster Abbey, Dean Lichfield, Canon Coventry |
| Churchmanship: |
Open Evangelical
|
| Ely |
| Anthony |
Russell |
| Consecrated : |
1988 |
Appointed: |
2000 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
64 (b1943 Jan 25) |
| Previous Posts : |
AreaBp Dorchester, Incumbent, Canon Coventry Cathedral |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Europe |
| Geoffrey |
Rowell |
| Consecrated : |
1994 |
Appointed: |
2001 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
64 (b1943 Feb 13) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Basingstoke, Chaplain Oxford |
| Churchmanship: |
Traditional Anglo-Catholic
|
| Exeter |
| Michael |
Langrish |
| Consecrated : |
1993 |
Appointed: |
2000 |
| College: |
Ridley Hall |
| Age (approx): |
61 (b1946) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Birkenhead, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic but morally conservative
|
| Gloucester |
| Michael |
Perham |
| Consecrated : |
2004 |
Appointed: |
2004 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
60 (b1947) |
| Previous Posts : |
Dean Derby, Prec Norwich, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Guildford |
| Christopher |
Hill |
| Consecrated : |
1996 |
Appointed: |
2004 |
| College: |
Kings, London |
| Age (approx): |
62 (b1945) |
| Previous Posts : |
AreaBp Stafford, Chaplain to Archbp, |
| Churchmanship: |
|
| Hereford |
| Anthony |
Priddis |
| Consecrated : |
1996 |
Appointed: |
2004 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
59 (b 1948) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Warwick, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
|
| Leicester |
| Timothy |
Stevens |
| Consecrated : |
1995 |
Appointed: |
1999 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
61 (b1946) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Dunwich, Archdn West Ham, Urban Officer |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Lichfield |
| Jonathan |
Gledhill |
| Consecrated : |
1996 |
Appointed: |
2003 |
| College: |
Bristol (Tyndale) |
| Age (approx): |
58 (b 1949) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Southampton, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
|
| Lincoln |
| John |
Saxbee |
| Consecrated : |
1994 |
Appointed: |
2001 |
| College: |
Cranmer Hall |
| Age (approx): |
61 (b 1961)
|
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Ludlow, Archdn Ludlow, Priest-in-Charge |
| Churchmanship: |
Revisionist
|
| Liverpool |
| James |
Jones |
| Consecrated : |
1994 |
Appointed: |
1998 |
| College: |
Wycliffe |
| Age (approx): |
59 (b 1948) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Hull, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical
|
| London |
| Richard |
Chartres |
| Consecrated : |
1992 |
Appointed: |
1995 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
60 (b 1947) |
| Previous Posts : |
AreaBp Stepney, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Traditional Anglo-Catholic
|
| Manchester |
| Nigel |
MuCulloch |
| Consecrated : |
1986 |
Appointed: |
2003 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
65 (b1942 Jan 17) |
| Previous Posts : |
Bp Wakefield, Adn Sarum&Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic but morally conservative
|
| Newcastle |
| Martin |
Wharton |
| Consecrated : |
1992 |
Appointed: |
1997 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon (Ripon Hall) |
| Age (approx): |
64 (b1943) |
| Previous Posts : |
Bp Kingston, Dir POT, |
| Churchmanship: |
Revisionist
|
| Norwich |
| Graham |
James |
| Consecrated : |
1993 |
Appointed: |
1999 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
56 (b1951) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp StGermans, Bps Chaplain, Sec ABM |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Oxford |
| John |
Pritchard |
| Consecrated : |
2002 |
Appointed: |
2007 |
| College: |
Ridley Hall, Cambridge |
| Age (approx): |
59 (b1 1948) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Jarrow, Warden, Cranmer Hall, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal-Open Evangelical
|
| Peterborough |
| Ian |
Cundy |
| Consecrated : |
1992 |
Appointed: |
1996 |
| College: |
Bristol (Tyndale) |
| Age (approx): |
62 (b 1945) |
| Previous Posts : |
AstBp Lewes, Warden Cranmer Hall |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical
|
| Portsmouth |
| Kenneth |
Stevenson |
| Consecrated : |
1995 |
Appointed: |
1995 |
| College: |
Sarum & Wells |
| Age (approx): |
58 (b 1949) |
| Previous Posts : |
Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Ripon & Leeds |
| John |
Packer |
| Consecrated : |
1996 |
Appointed: |
2000 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon (Ripon Hall) |
| Age (approx): |
61 (b1946) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Warrington, Archdn Cumberland, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Revisionist
|
| Rochester |
| Michael |
Nazir-Ali |
| Consecrated : |
1984 |
Appointed: |
1994 |
| College: |
Ridley Hall |
| Age (approx): |
58 (b 1949) |
| Previous Posts : |
AstBp |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelicals
|
| Salisbury |
| David |
Stancliffe |
| Consecrated : |
1993 |
Appointed: |
1993 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
65 (b1942 Oct 1) |
| Previous Posts : |
Dean Portsmouth, Dir Ordinads, Tutor Clifton College |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Sheffield |
| VACANT |
|
| Consecrated : |
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Appointed: |
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| College: |
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| Age (approx): |
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| Previous Posts : |
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| Churchmanship: |
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| Sodor and Man |
| VACANT |
|
| Consecrated : |
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Appointed: |
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| College: |
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| Age (approx): |
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| Previous Posts : |
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| Churchmanship: |
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| Southwark |
| Tom |
Butler |
| Consecrated : |
1985 |
Appointed: |
1998 |
| College: |
Mirfield |
| Age (approx): |
67 (b1940 Mar 5) |
| Previous Posts : |
Bp Leicester, Archdn Northolt, Chaplain Kent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic with revisionist leanings
|
| Southwell |
| George |
Cassidy |
| Consecrated : |
1999 |
Appointed: |
1999 |
| College: |
Oak Hill |
| Age (approx): |
65 (1942 Oct 17) |
| Previous Posts : |
Archdn London, Incumbent(PiC) |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical
|
| St. Albans |
| Christopher |
Herbert |
| Consecrated : |
1995 |
Appointed: |
1995 |
| College: |
Wells |
| Age (approx): |
63 (b 1944) |
| Previous Posts : |
Archdn Dorking, Incumbent, Diocesan post |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal with revisionist tendencies
|
| St. Eds & Ips |
| Nigel |
Stock |
| Consecrated : |
2000 |
Appointed: |
2007 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
57 (b 1950) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Stockport, Chaplain Durham, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Truro |
| Bill |
Ind |
| Consecrated : |
1987 |
Appointed: |
1997 |
| College: |
Mirfield |
| Age (approx): |
65 (b1942 Mar 26) |
| Previous Posts : |
SufBp Grantham, Team Vicar |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Wakefield |
| Stephen |
Platten |
| Consecrated : |
2003 |
Appointed: |
2003 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
60 (b1947) |
| Previous Posts : |
Dean Norwich, Cant Cathedral, Portsmouth Cath, Tutor Lincoln |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic
|
| Winchester |
| Michael |
Scott-Joynt |
| Consecrated : |
1987 |
Appointed: |
1995 |
| College: |
Cuddesdon |
| Age (approx): |
64 (b 1943) |
| Previous Posts : |
AreaBp Stafford, Res Canon St Albans, Incumbent, Tutor Cuddesdon |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Catholic but morally conservative
|
| Worcester |
| John |
Inge |
| Consecrated : |
2003 |
Appointed: |
2007 |
| College: |
Mirfield |
| Age (approx): |
52 (b1955) |
| Previous Posts : |
SuffBp Huntingdon, ResCanon Ely, Incumbent, School Chaplain. |
| Churchmanship: |
|
| York |
| John |
Sentamu |
| Consecrated : |
1996 |
Appointed: |
2002 |
| College: |
Ridley Hall |
| Age (approx): |
58 (b1949) |
| Previous Posts : |
Bp Birmingham, AreaBp Stepney, Incumbent |
| Churchmanship: |
Liberal Evangelical
|
Suffragan
Bishops elected to
serve in the House of Bishops, and thus General Synod, from October 2005:
Province
of Canterbury
- Trevor Willmott (Basingstoke)
- Ian Brackley (Dorking)
- David Walker (Dudley)
- Pete Broadbent (Willesden)
Province of York
- Martyn Jarrett (Beverley - a flying
Bishop)
- Stephen Lowe (Hulme)
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