Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

A thousand years after it had last been used (for a diocesan Mercian bishop, 679–888) the episcopal title was resurrected as a suffragan see within the diocese of Peterborough. The suffragan Bishop of Leicester assisted the diocesan Bishop of Peterborough in overseeing the diocese.^[1]^[2]

In the modern Diocese of Leicester, there was a stipendiary (paid) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017), until a new suffragan See of Loughborough was erected to replace the Assistant Bishop role^[3]^[4] — see Bishop of Loughborough.

List of bishops

Bishops suffragan of Leicester
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1888	1903	Francis Thicknesse	Formerly Archdeacon of Northampton
1903	1912	Lewis Clayton	Canon of Peterborough; became Assistant Bishop of Peterborough
1913	1927	Norman Lang	Resigned the See, but effectively continued in post as an assistant bishop.^[5]
In 1927, the suffragan see of Leicester ended with the creation of the diocesan see.
Source(s):^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b Leicester Cathedral: History Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
^ ^a ^b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
^ Diocese of Leicester — Synod supports creation of Suffragan Bishop (Accessed 19 December 2016)
^ David Pocklington, "A new suffragan see for Loughborough" in Law & Religion UK, 30 November 2016, [1]
^ "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.

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for the ancient Mercian bishops, see Bishop of Lincoln
Francis Thicknesse Lewis Clayton Norman Lang (became Assistant Bishop) diocese created
for the modern diocesan bishops, see Bishop of Leicester