Bishop of Birkenhead

The Bishop of Birkenhead is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, in the Province of York, England.^[1] The title takes its name after Birkenhead, a town located on the Wirral Peninsula.

List of bishops

Bishops of Birkenhead
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1965	1973	Eric Mercer	(1917–2003). Translated to Exeter
1974	1992	Ronald Brown	(b. 1921)
1993	1999	Michael Langrish	(b. 1946). Translated to Exeter
2000	2007	David Urquhart	(b. 1952) Translated to Birmingham
2007	present	Keith Sinclair	(b. 1952)
Source(s):^[1]

References

1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury	Aston Barking Basingstoke Bedford Bradwell Brixworth Buckingham Colchester Crediton Croydon Dorchester Dorking Dover Dudley Dunwich Ebbsfleet Edmonton Europe Fulham Grantham Grimsby Hertford Horsham Huntingdon Islington Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewes Ludlow Lynn Maidstone Plymouth Ramsbury Reading Repton Richborough Sherborne Shrewsbury Southampton St Germans Stafford Stepney Swindon Taunton Tewkesbury Thetford Tonbridge Warwick Willesden Wolverhampton Woolwich

Province of York	Beverley Birkenhead Bolton Burnley Doncaster Hull Jarrow Lancaster Middleton Penrith Richmond Ripon Selby Sherwood Stockport Wakefield Warrington Whitby

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Barrow-in-Furness Berwick Bristol Coventry Derby Guildford Hulme Ipswich Leicester Marlborough Nottingham Penrydd Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Whalley

Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Assistant Bishop of Leicester; Assistant Bishop of Newcastle; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop at Lambeth

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