Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

The Bishop of Leicester was a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

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

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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]

## References

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

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

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