Bishop of Sheffield

Bishop of Sheffield
Bishopric
anglican
Incumbent: Steven Croft
Province	York
Diocese	Sheffield
Cathedral	Sheffield Cathedral
Formation	Suffragan see in 1901, Diocesan see in 1914

The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York.

The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. The only suffragan bishop of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing the diocese. Under King George V, the Diocese of Sheffield was created out of the south-western part of the Diocese of York in 1914.

The current bishop is Steven Croft, who is the seventh to hold the position.^[1][2] He is assisted by Peter Burrows, Bishop suffragan of Doncaster.^[3]

List of bishops

Bishop suffragan of Sheffield

Suffragan Bishop of Sheffield
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1901	1914	John Quirk	Translated to the suffragan see of Jarrow in 1914.
In 1914 , Sheffield became a diocesan see.
Source(s):[4]

diocesan Bishops of Sheffield

Bishops of Sheffield
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1914	1939	Leonard Burrows	Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lewes.
1939	1962	Leslie Hunter
1962	1971	John Taylor	Formerly Principal of Wycliffe Hall
1972	1979	Gordon Fallows	Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract. Died in office.
1980	1997	David Lunn
1997	2008	Jack Nicholls	Formerly Suffragan Bishop of Lancaster.
2009	present	Steven Croft	Translating to Oxford, "autumn" 2016.[5]
Source(s):[6][7]

References

1. "A rover's return for Sheffield's new bishop". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
2. "Bishop’s Welcome". Diocese of Sheffield. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
3. "About the Bishops". Diocese of Sheffield. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
5. "Steven Croft is the new Bishop of Oxford". Diocese of Oxford. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
6. "Historical successions: Sheffield". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
7. 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. 273. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

• Diocese of Sheffield