Bishop of Guildford

Bishop of Guildford
Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent: Andrew Watson
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Guildford
Cathedral	Guildford Cathedral
Formation	suffragan see in 1874, diocesan see in 1927

Andrew Watson

The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury.

The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of Winchester in 1874. The suffragan bishop of Guildford assisted the Bishop of Winchester in overseeing the diocese. Under George V, the Diocese of Guildford was created out of the north-eastern part of the Diocese of Winchester in 1927.

The diocese covers the western half of the County of Surrey. The see is in the town of Guildford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit which was built as a cathedral 1936 to 1965. The bishop's residence is Willow Grange, Guildford.

The incumbent bishop is Andrew Watson, 10th Bishop of Guildford, since the confirmation of his election on 24 November 2014.^[1]

List of bishops

Suffragan Bishops of Guildford

Suffragan Bishops of Guildford
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1874	1879	John Utterton	Died in office on 21 December 1879
1879	1888	See vacant
1888	1909	George Sumner	Died in office on 11 December 1909.
1909	1927	John Randolph	Subsequently became Dean of Salisbury (1928–1935)
Source(s):[2]

Diocesan Bishops of Guildford

Diocesan Bishops of Guildford
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1927	1934	John Greig	Translated from Gibraltar. Nominated on 1 June and confirmed on 28 June 1927. Resigned in 1934.
1934	1949	John Macmillan	Translated from Dover. Nominated on 19 October and confirmed on 22 November 1934. Resigned on 15 October 1949.
1949	1956	Henry Montgomery Campbell	Translated from Kensington. Nominated on 21 October and confirmed on 23 November 1949. Translated to London on 25 January 1956.
1956	1960	Ivor Watkins	Translated from Malmesbury. Nominated on 25 May and confirmed on 11 July 1956. Died in office on 24 October 1960.
1961	1973	George Reindorp	Nominated on 20 January and consecrated on 25 March 1961. Translated to Salisbury on 15 January 1973.
1973	1982	David Brown	Nominated on 23 July and consecrated on 1 November 1973. Died in office on 13 July 1982.
1983	1994	Michael Adie	Nominated on 5 May and consecrated on 30 June 1983. Retired in 1994.
1994	2004	John Gladwin	Nominated and consecrated in 1994. Translated to Chelmsford in 2004.
2004	2013	Christopher Hill	Translated from Stafford. Nominated and confirmed in 2004.
2014	present	Andrew Watson	Consecrated Bishop suffragan of Aston in 2008; election confirmed 24 November 2014.
Source(s):[3][4]

References

1. http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/news/story/1221/
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. pp. 946–947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
3. "Historical successions: Guildford". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
4. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

• Whitaker's Almanack to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London