Bishop of Peterborough

Bishop of Peterborough
Bishopric
anglican

Arms of the Bishop of Peterborough: Gules, two keys in saltire addorsed the wards upwards between four cross-crosslets fitchée or[1]
Incumbent:
Donald Allister
Province Canterbury
Diocese Peterborough
Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, Peterborough
First incumbent John Chambers
Formation 1541

The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The see is in the City of Peterborough, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodging at The Palace in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The office has been in existence since the foundation of the diocese on 4 September 1541 under King Henry VIII.

The current Bishop of Peterborough is Donald Allister. He succeeded Ian Cundy, who died in post on 7 May 2009 (two months before his announced resignation). Cundy was one of the 26 diocesan bishops who sat in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual.

Donald Allister, who was the Archdeacon of Chester in the Diocese of Chester from 2002 to 2010, was consecrated as a bishop on 25 March 2010 at St Paul's Cathedral by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and was installed at Peterborough Cathedral on 17 April 2010.[2]

As parts of the City of Peterborough are actually in the Diocese of Ely (those parishes south of the River Nene), the last Bishop of Peterborough was appointed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely with pastoral care for these parishes delegated to him by the Bishop of Ely.[3][4]

List of bishops

Chronological list of the bishops of the Diocese of Peterborough, England

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1541 to 1556John ChambersLast Abbot of Peterborough Abbey. Died in office
1557 to 1559David PoleDeposed
1560 to 1584Edmund ScamblerTranslated to Norwich
1585 to 1600Richard HowlandDied in office
1601 to 1630Thomas DoveDied in office
1630 to 1632William PiersTranslated to Bath & Wells
1633 to 1634Augustine LindsellTranslated to Hereford
1634 to 1638Francis DeeDied in office
1639 to 1646John TowersDeprived of office
1646 to 1660vacantsee: English Interregnum
1660 to 1663Benjamin Lany
1663 to 1679Joseph HenshawDied in office
1679 to 1685William LloydTranslated from Llandaff; translated to Norwich
1685 to 1690Thomas WhiteDeprived of office
1691 to 1718Richard CumberlandDied in office
1718 to 1728White KennettDied in office
1729 to 1747Robert ClaveringTranslated from Llandaff; died in office
1747 to 1757John ThomasTranslated to Salisbury
1757 to 1764Richard TerrickTranslated to London
1764 to 1769Robert LambDied in office
1769 to 1794John HinchliffeDied in office
1794 to 1813Spencer MadanTranslated from Bristol; died in office
1813 to 1819John ParsonsDied in office
1819 to 1839Herbert MarshTranslated from Llandaff; died in office
1839 to 1864George DavysDied in office
1864 to 1868Francis JeuneDied in office
1868 to 1891William MageeTranslated to York
1891 to 1897Mandell CreightonTranslated to London
1897 to 1916Edward Glyn
1916 to 1923Frank WoodsTranslated to Winchester
1924 to 1927Cyril BardsleyTranslated to Leicester
1927 to 1949Claude Blagden
1949 to 1956Spencer LeesonDied in office
1956 to 1961Robert Stopfordpreviously Bishop of Fulham; translated to London
1961 to 1972Cyril Easthaughpreviously Bishop of Kensington
1972 to 1984Douglas Feaver
1984 to December 1995Bill Westwoodpreviously Suffragan Bishop of Edmonton (London)
1996 to 2009Ian Cundy Died in office
2010 to presentDonald Allister previously Archdeacon of Chester

See also

Notes

  1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.882, with added "the wards upwards" for clarity, as Debrett's blazon for Bishop of Gloucester
  2. "Diocese of Peterborough". Website of the Diocese of Peterborough. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  3. "Religion: Bishops bridge boundaries aboard boat". Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Johnston Press). 2 August 2004. Archived from the original on August 26, 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
  4. "Bridging the divide in a city". Diocesan website - press releases (Diocese of Ely). 29 July 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2007.

References

  • Haydn, Joseph and Ockerby, Horace Haydn's Book of Dignities W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd., London, 1894 reprinted 1969
  • Whitaker's Almanack Joseph Whitaker & Sons Ltd. and A&C Black Publishers Ltd., London, 1883 to 2004
  • King, Richard John Handbook to the Cathedrals of England (Part II: History of the See, with Short Notices of the principal Bishops) John Murray, London, 1862

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