Bishop of Peterborough

The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

Bishop of Peterborough
Bishopric
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Arms of the Bishop of Peterborough: Gules, two keys in saltire addorsed the wards upwards between four cross-crosslets fitchée or[1]
Incumbent:
vacant
Acting: John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ResidenceBishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough
Information
First holderJohn Chambers
Established1541
DiocesePeterborough
CathedralCathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, Peterborough

The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire (including the Soke of Peterborough) and Rutland. The see is in the City of Peterborough, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the diocese on 4 September 1541 under King Henry VIII.

The position of bishop of Peterborough is currently vacant. The acting bishop is John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth.[2] On 28 September 2023 the diocese announced that Debbie Sellin, currently Bishop of Southampton, was to be the next Bishop of Peterborough, to be installed in early 2024.[3]

Donald Allister, who was the Archdeacon of Chester in the Diocese of Chester from 2002 to 2010, was consecrated as a bishop on 25 March 2010 at St Paul's Cathedral by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and was installed at Peterborough Cathedral on 17 April 2010.[4] He retired in January 2023.[5]

As parts of the City of Peterborough are actually in the Diocese of Ely (those parishes south of the River Nene), the last Bishop of Peterborough was appointed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely with pastoral care for these parishes delegated to him by the Bishop of Ely.[6][7]

List of bishops

Chronological list of the Bishops of Peterborough:

Bishops of Peterborough
From Until Incumbent Notes
1541 1556 John Chambers Last Abbot of Peterborough Abbey. Died in office
1557 1559 David Pole Deposed
1560 1585 Edmund Scambler Translated to Norwich
1585 1600 Richard Howland Died in office
1601 1630 Thomas Dove Died in office
1630 1632 William Piers Translated to Bath & Wells
1633 1634 Augustine Lindsell Translated to Hereford
1634 1638 Francis Dee Died in office
1639 1646 John Towers Deprived of the see when the English episcopacy was abolished by Parliament on 9 October 1646; died 1649.
1646 1660 The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.[8][9]
1660 1663 Benjamin Lany Translated to Lincoln
1663 1679 Joseph Henshaw Died in office
1679 1695 William Lloyd Translated from Llandaff; translated to Norwich
1685 1690 Thomas White Deprived of office
1691 1718 Richard Cumberland Died in office
1718 1728 White Kennett Died in office
1729 1747 Robert Clavering Translated from Llandaff; died in office
1747 1757 John Thomas Translated to Salisbury
1757 1764 Richard Terrick Translated to London
1764 1769 Robert Lamb Died in office
1769 1794 John Hinchliffe Died in office
1794 1813 Spencer Madan Translated from Bristol; died in office
1813 1819 John ParsonsDied in office
1819 1839 Herbert Marsh Translated from Llandaff; died in office
1839 1864 George Davys Died in office
1864 1868 Francis Jeune Died in office
1868 1891 William Connor Magee Translated to York
1891 1897 Mandell Creighton Translated to London
1897 1916 Edward Carr Glyn John Mitchinson, assistant bishop once acted diocesan bishop during Carr-Glyn's illness.[10]
1916 1923 Theodore Woods Translated to Winchester
1924 1927 Cyril Bardsley Translated to Leicester
1927 1949 Claude Blagden
1949 1956 Spencer Leeson Died in office
1956 1961 Robert Stopford Previously Bishop of Fulham; translated to London
1961 1972 Cyril Easthaugh Previously Bishop of Kensington
1972 1984 Douglas Feaver
1984 1995 Bill Westwood Previously suffragan Bishop of Edmonton (London)
1996 2009 Ian Cundy Died in office
2010 2023 Donald Allister Previously Archdeacon of Chester.[11]
2023 incumbent John Holbrook (acting) Bishop of Brixworth.
2024 designate Debbie Sellin Currently Bishop of Southampton

Assistant bishops

Among those called "Assistant Bishop of Peterborough" were:

Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:

See also

Notes
  1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.882, with added "the wards upwards" for clarity, as Debrett's blazon for Bishop of Gloucester
  2. "The Bishop of Brixworth". Diocese of Peterborough. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. "New Bishop of Peterborough Announced". Diocese of Peterborough. 28 September 2023.
  4. "Diocese of Peterborough". Website of the Diocese of Peterborough. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  5. "The Bishop of Brixworth". Diocese of Peterborough. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. "Religion: Bishops bridge boundaries aboard boat". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. Johnston Press. 2 August 2004. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
  7. "Bridging the divide in a city". Diocesan website - press releases. Diocese of Ely. 29 July 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2007.
  8. Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. King, Peter (July 1968). "The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642-1649". The English Historical Review. Oxford University Press. 83 (328): 523–537. doi:10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523. JSTOR 564164.
  10. "in memoriam: John Mitchinson, Bishop". Church Times. No. 2905. 27 September 1918. p. 225. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. "Bishop of Peterborough announces retirement". Diocese of Peterborough. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. "Church News (col. 4)". Church Times. No. 988. 30 December 1881. p. 914. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. "Personal (col. 1)". Church Times. No. 1972. 9 November 1900. p. 514. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  14. "Preferments and Appointments". Church Times. No. 8829. 17 February 1899. p. 190. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  15. "Church news". Church Times. No. 2605. 27 December 1912. p. 880. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  16. "Lang, Norman Macleod". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  17. "in memoriam: Norman Lang, Brother of Cosmo". Church Times. No. 4865. 11 May 1956. p. 7. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  18. "Aylen, Charles Arthur William". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  19. "Vernon, Gerald Richard". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  20. "Stewart, Weston Henry". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  21. "Assistant Bishop of Peterboro'". Church Times. No. 6028. 25 August 1978. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  22. "Retirement of Bishop Franklin". Church Times. No. 6439. 11 July 1986. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  23. "Franklin, William Alfred". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U178507. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  24. "Marshall, Guy". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U157211. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  25. "Death of Bishop Guy Marshall". Church Times. No. 6026. 11 August 1978. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  26. "Rogers, Alan Francis Bright". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U33014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  27. "Clerical Appointments". Church Times. No. 5998. 27 January 1978. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  28. "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

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