Bishop of Manchester

Diocesan bishop in the Church of England

For the Roman Catholic bishop in the US state of New Hampshire, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester.

Bishop of Manchester

Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent:
David Walker
Location
Ecclesiastical province| York
Residence| Bishopscourt, Broughton
Information
First holder| James Prince Lee
Established| 1847
Diocese| Manchester
Cathedral| Manchester Cathedral

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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

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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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Bishops of Manchester

From  | Until  | Incumbent  | Notes
1848  | 1869  |  James Prince Lee | Died in office.
1870  | 1885  |  James Fraser | Died in office; in the ensuing vacancy, John Mitchinson was acting bishop.[5]
1886  | 1903  |  James Moorhouse | Translated from Melbourne; retired; died 1915.
1903  | 1921  |  Edmund Knox | Translated from Coventry; retired; died 1937.
1921  | 1929  |  William Temple | Translated to York then Canterbury; died in office 1944.
1929  | 1947  |  Guy Warman | Translated from Chelmsford; retired; died 1953.
1947  | 1970  |  William Greer | Retired; died 1972.
1970  | 1978  |  Patrick Rodger | Translated to Oxford; retired; died 2002.
1979  | 1992[6] |  Stanley Booth-Clibborn | Retired; died 1996.
1993  | 2002  |  Christopher Mayfield | Translated from Wolverhampton; retired.
2002  | 2013  |  Nigel McCulloch | Translated from Wakefield.
2013  | incumbent |  David Walker | Translated from Dudley
Source(s):[7]

## Assistant bishops

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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

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* Church of England
* David Walker (bishop of Manchester)
* Apostolicae curae
* Historical development of Church of England dioceses

## References

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1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Provincial Directory: Manchester. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
4. ^ Manchester and its many bishops. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
5. ^ "col. 1". Church Times. No. 1191\. 20 November 1885. p. 899\. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 27 May 2019 - via UK Press Online archives.
6. ^ "New bishop announced". Independent. 23 December 1992. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
7. ^ "Historical successions: Manchester". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
8. ^ "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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Bishops of Manchester

* James Prince Lee
* James Fraser
* James Moorhouse
* Edmund Knox
* William Temple
* Guy Warman
* William Greer
* Patrick Rodger
* Stanley Booth-Clibborn
* Christopher Mayfield
* Nigel McCulloch
* David Walker

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Anglican Diocese of Manchester

* Manchester Cathedral
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Office holders|

* David Walker, Bishop of Manchester
* Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton and acting Bishop of Sodor and Man
* Matthew Porter, Bishop suffragan of Bolton
* AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
* Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester
* Karen Lund, Archdeacon of Manchester
* Rachel Mann, Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford
* Karen Smeeton, Archdeacon-designate of Rochdale

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* Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn)
* Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009)
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