Bishop of Berwick

The Bishop of Berwick was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland. Since the death of the only bishop in 1572, the title has remained in abeyance.^[2]

On 28 November 2015, Frank White, Assistant Bishop of Newcastle (at the end of a vacancy in the See of Newcastle), presented a proposal to the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle (within which diocese Berwick now lies) to revive the Suffragan See of Berwick.^[3][4] The Dioceses Commission approved the petition to revive the See^[5] and the post was advertised in April 2016.^[6]

List of bishops of Berwick

Bishops of Berwick
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1537	1572	Thomas Sparke	Consecrated on 9 December 1537; died in 1572.
1572	c. 2016	in abeyance
c. 2016	onwards	TBA
Source(s): [1][7]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
2. Handbook of British Chronology, page 287. Retrieved on 9 October 2008.
3. Newcastle Diocesan Synod, 28 November 2015 — Agenda (Accessed 19 January 2016)
4. Newcastle Diocesan Synod, 28 November 2015 — Suffragan See of Berwick (Accessed 19 January 2016)
5. Diocese of Newcastle — Frank White to retire in September (Accessed 28 April 2016)
6. Diocese of Newcastle — Suffragan See of Berwick ~ consultation (Accessed 28 April 2016)
7. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings