List of bishops in the Church of England

The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops.

Diocesan bishops

Key
Active   Inactive   Sede vacante   Male   Female

Lords Spiritual with ex officio seniority

#	Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmed[lower-alpha 1]	Consecrated[lower-alpha 2]	Introduced[lower-alpha 3]
1	The Archbishop of Canterbury	Welby, JustinJustin Welby[1][lower-alpha 4]	6 January 1956	4 February 2013[3]	28 October 2011[lower-roman 1]	26 February 2013[6]
2	The Archbishop of York	Sentamu, JohnJohn Sentamu[lower-alpha 5]	10 June 1949	5 October 2005[7]	25 September 1996[lower-roman 2]	25 January 2006[9]
3	The Bishop of London	Chartres, RichardRichard Chartres[lower-alpha 6]	11 July 1947	November 1995[10]	22 May 1992[lower-roman 3]	22 January 1996[11]
4	The Bishop of Durham	Butler, PaulPaul Butler[lower-alpha 7]	18 September 1955[13]	20 January 2014[12]	24 June 2004[lower-roman 4]	3 March 2014[14]
5	The Bishop of Winchester (Bishop for Higher and Further Education)[15]	Dakin, TimTim Dakin[16][lower-alpha 8]	6 February 1958	20 December 2011[17]	25 January 2012[18][19]	26 March 2012[20]

Lords Spiritual with seniority of service

#	Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmed[lower-alpha 1]	Consecrated[lower-alpha 2]	Introduced[lower-alpha 3]
6	The Bishop of Chester	Forster, PeterPeter Forster	16 March 1950	1996	13 November 1996	14 November 2001[21]
7	The Bishop of Norwich	James, GrahamGraham James	19 January 1951	1999	23 February 1993[lower-roman 5]	17 March 2004[22]
8	The Bishop of Bristol	Hill, MikeMike Hill	17 April 1949	2003	19 March 1998[lower-roman 6]	16 July 2009[23]
9	The Bishop of Derby	Redfern, AlastairAlastair Redfern	1 September 1948	2005	2 December 1997[lower-roman 7]	15 June 2010[24]
10	The Bishop of Birmingham (Convenor of the Lords Spiritual)[25]	Urquhart, DavidDavid Urquhart	14 April 1952	2006	2000[lower-roman 8]	26 October 2010[26]
11	The Bishop of Worcester	Inge, JohnJohn Inge	26 February 1955	2008	9 October 2003[lower-roman 9]	25 June 2012[27]
12	The Bishop of Coventry	Cocksworth, ChristopherChristopher Cocksworth	12 January 1959	2008	3 July 2008	15 January 2013[28]
13	The Bishop of Truro	Thornton, TimTim Thornton	14 April 1957	2009	21 October 2001[lower-roman 10]	22 April 2013[29]
14	The Bishop of Sheffield, Bishop-designate of Oxford	Croft, StevenSteven Croft[upper-alpha 1]	29 May 1957	2008	25 January 2009	14 October 2013[31]
15	The Bishop of St Albans	Smith, AlanAlan Smith	14 February 1957	31 March 2009[32]	2001[lower-roman 11]	4 November 2013[33]
16	The Bishop of Carlisle (lead bishop on healthcare issues)[34]	Newcome, JamesJames Newcome	24 July 1953	2009	2002[lower-roman 12]	23 October 2013[35]
17	The Bishop of Peterborough	Allister, DonaldDonald Allister	27 August 1952	2010	25 March 2010	4 February 2014[36]
18	The Bishop of Portsmouth	Foster, ChristopherChristopher Foster[37]	7 November 1953	2010	21 October 2001[lower-roman 13]	6 February 2014[38]
19	The Bishop of Chelmsford	Cottrell, StephenStephen Cottrell	31 August 1958	6 October 2010[39]	4 May 2004[lower-roman 14]	25 March 2014[40]
20	The Bishop of Rochester (Bishop to HM Prisons)[41]	Langstaff, JamesJames Langstaff[42]	7 June 1956	2010	21 June 2004[lower-roman 15]	1 April 2014[43]
21	The Bishop of Ely	Conway, StephenStephen Conway	22 December 1957	6 December 2010[44]	22 June 2006[lower-roman 16]	7 July 2014[45]
22	The Bishop of Southwark (Bishop for Urban Life and Faith)	Chessun, ChristopherChristopher Chessun	5 August 1956	17 January 2011[46]	21 April 2005[lower-roman 17]	15 December 2014[47]
23	The Bishop of Leeds	Baines, NickNick Baines[lower-alpha 9]	13 November 1957	8 June 2014[49]	8 May 2003[lower-roman 18]	5 February 2015[50]
24	The Bishop of Salisbury (Chair of the CMDDP)[51]	Holtam, NickNick Holtam	8 August 1954	21 July 2011	22 July 2011[52]	9 February 2015[53]
25[lower-alpha 10]	The Bishop of Gloucester	Treweek, RachelRachel Treweek	4 February 1963	15 June 2015[55]	22 July 2015[56]	26 October 2015[57]
26[lower-alpha 10]	The Bishop of Newcastle	Hardman, ChristineChristine Hardman[58]	27 August 1951	22 September 2015[59]	30 November 2015[59]	26 January 2016[60]

Other diocesan bishops

#	Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Election confirmed[lower-alpha 1]	Consecrated[lower-alpha 2]
26a[lower-alpha 11]	The Bishop at Lambeth, Bishop to the Forces and Bishop for the Falkland Islands[61]	Stock, NigelNigel Stock[62]	29 January 1950	20 October 2013Not elected	2000[lower-roman 19]
26b[lower-alpha 12]	The Bishop of Sodor and Man	Paterson, RobertRobert Paterson	27 February 1949	18 April 2008Not elected[63]	25 April 2008
27	The Bishop of Lincoln	Lowson, ChristopherChristopher Lowson	3 February 1953	2011	21 September 2011[64]
28	The Bishop of Chichester	Warner, MartinMartin Warner	24 December 1958	2 July 2012[65]	26 January 2010[66][lower-roman 20]
29	The Bishop of Blackburn	Henderson, JulianJulian Henderson	23 July 1954[67]	30 September 2013[68]	10 October 2013[69]
30	The Bishop of Manchester (lead bishop for religious communities)[70]	Walker, DavidDavid Walker	30 May 1957	7 October 2013	2000[lower-roman 21]
31	The Bishop of Bath and Wells	Hancock, PeterPeter Hancock	26 July 1955	4 March 2014[71]	21 September 2010[72][lower-roman 22]
32a	The Bishop of Exeter	Atwell, RobertRobert Atwell	3 August 1954	30 April 2014	24 June 2008[73][lower-roman 23]
32b[lower-alpha 12]	The Bishop in Europe	Innes, RobertRobert Innes	1959 (age 56–57)[74]	20 July 2014Not elected[75]	20 July 2014[75]
33	The Bishop of Liverpool	Bayes, PaulPaul Bayes	2 November 1953	23 July 2014[76]	21 September 2010[77][77][lower-roman 24]
34	The Bishop of Hereford	Frith, RichardRichard Frith	8 April 1949	17 October 2014[78]	1998[lower-roman 25]
35	The Bishop of Guildford	Watson, AndrewAndrew Watson	16 July 1961	24 November 2014[79]	28 October 2008[80][lower-roman 26]
36	The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich	Seeley, MartinMartin Seeley	29 May 1954	7 May 2015[81]	14 May 2015 (announced)[82]
37	The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham	Williams, PaulPaul Williams	16 January 1968	11 May 2015[83]	25 March 2009[84]
38	The Bishop of Leicester	Snow, MartynMartyn Snow	1968 (age 47–48)[85]	22 February 2016[86]	25 September 2013
39	Bishop-designate of Lichfield, the area Bishop of Woolwich	Ipgrave, MichaelMichael Ipgrave[87]	18 April 1958	1 June 2016c. June 2016[88]	21 March 2012[87]

Acting diocesan bishops

nb: acting diocesan bishops, properly called episcopal commissaries, are referred to by a wide variety of informal titles. For simplicity, this article refers only to the acting Bishop of Somewhere.

Acting bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Acting since	Consecration[lower-alpha 2]
Acting Bishop of Oxford (The area Bishop of Dorchester)	Fletcher, ColinColin Fletcher	17 November 1950	31 October 2014[89]	October 2000
Acting Bishop of Leicester (The Bishop suffragan of Brixworth)	Holbrook, JohnJohn Holbrook	14 June 1962	1 September 2015[90]	2 June 2011[91]
Acting Bishop of Lichfield (The area Bishop of Wolverhampton)	Gregory, CliveClive Gregory[92]	25 November 1961	30 September 2015	19 April 2007[93]

Suffragan bishops

#	Diocese	Bishop	Person	Date of birth & age	Took office[lower-alpha 13]	Consecrated[lower-alpha 2]
1	Canterbury	The Bishop of Dover	Willmott, TrevorTrevor Willmott	29 March 1950	6 February 2010 (installed)	2002[lower-roman 27]
2	Oxford	The area Bishop of Dorchester, acting Bishop of Oxford	Fletcher, ColinColin Fletcher	17 November 1950	October 2000 (consecrated)	October 2000
3[lower-alpha 14]	Leicester	The Assistant Bishop of Leicester	Boyle, ChristopherChristopher Boyle	8 November 1951	6 September 2009 (translated)[94]	22 April 2001[lower-roman 28]
4	London	The area Bishop of Willesden	Broadbent, PetePete Broadbent[lower-alpha 15]	31 July 1952	2001 (consecrated)	2001
5[lower-alpha 14][lower-alpha 16]	Newcastle	The Assistant Bishop of Newcastle	White, FrankFrank White[upper-alpha 2]	26 May 1949	2010 (translated)	2002[lower-roman 29]
7	Southwark	The area Bishop of Kingston	Cheetham, RichardRichard Cheetham	18 August 1955	17 October 2002 (consecrated)	17 October 2002[100]
8	Europe	The Suffragan Bishop in Europe	Hamid, DavidDavid Hamid	18 June 1955	17 October 2002 (consecrated)	17 October 2002[101]
9	Leeds	The area Bishop of Wakefield	Robinson, TonyTony Robinson	25 April 1956	6 December 2002 (consecrated)	6 December 2002
10	Oxford	The area Bishop of Buckingham	Wilson, AlanAlan Wilson	27 March 1955	9 October 2003 (consecrated)	9 October 2003
11	Leeds	The area Bishop of Ripon	Bell, JamesJames Bell	20 November 1950	2 March 2004 (consecrated)	2 March 2004
12	Coventry	The Bishop of Warwick	Stroyan, JohnJohn Stroyan	5 May 1955	21 April 2005 (consecrated)	21 April 2005
13	Bristol	The Bishop of Swindon	Rayfield, LeeLee Rayfield	30 September 1955	8 June 2005 (consecrated)	8 June 2005
14	Southwell & Nottingham	The Bishop of Sherwood	Porter, TonyTony Porter	10 February 1952	21 March 2006 (consecrated)	21 March 2006
15	Blackburn	The Bishop of Lancaster	Pearson, GeoffGeoff Pearson	18 July 1951	2 November 2006 (consecrated)	2 November 2006[102]
16	Chester	The Bishop of Birkenhead	Sinclair, KeithKeith Sinclair	3 December 1952	8 March 2007 (consecrated)	8 March 2007[103]
17	Lichfield	The area Bishop of Wolverhampton, acting Bishop of Lichfield	Gregory, CliveClive Gregory	25 November 1961	19 April 2007 (consecrated)	19 April 2007[93]
18	Oxford	The area Bishop of Reading	Proud, AndrewAndrew Proud	27 March 1954	2011 (translated)[104]	20 April 2007late April 2007[lower-roman 30]
19	Durham	The Bishop of Jarrow	Bryant, MarkMark Bryant	8 October 1949	13 September 2007 (consecrated)	13 September 2007
20a	Manchester	The Bishop of Middleton	Davies, MarkMark Davies	12 May 1962	25 April 2008 (consecrated)	25 April 2008[105]
20b	Manchester	The Bishop of Bolton	Edmondson, ChrisChris Edmondson[upper-alpha 3]	25 June 1950	25 April 2008 (consecrated)	25 April 2008[105]
22	Ely	The Bishop of Huntingdon	Thomson, DavidDavid Thomson	2 February 1952	3 July 2008 (consecrated)	3 July 2008[107]
23	Chichester	The area Bishop of Horsham	Sowerby, MarkMark Sowerby	28 October 1963	25 July 2009 (consecrated)	25 July 2009[108]
24a	Hereford	The Bishop of Ludlow	Magowan, AlistairAlistair Magowan[lower-alpha 15]	10 February 1955	29 September 2009 (consecrated)	29 September 2009[108]
24b	Norwich	The Bishop of Thetford	Winton, AlanAlan Winton	4 September 1958	29 September 2009 (consecrated)	29 September 2009[108]
26	Lichfield	The area Bishop of Shrewsbury	Rylands, MarkMark Rylands	11 July 1961	28 October 2009 (consecrated)	28 October 2009[109]
27	Liverpool	The Bishop of Warrington	Blackburn, RichardRichard Blackburn[lower-alpha 15]	22 January 1952	3 November 2009 (consecrated)	3 November 2009[108]
28	Lichfield	The area Bishop of Stafford	Annas, GeoffGeoff Annas	29 November 1953	21 September 2010 (consecrated)	21 September 2010[110]
29	Winchester	The Bishop of Southampton	Frost, JonathanJonathan Frost[lower-alpha 15]	26 September 1964	30 November 2010 (consecrated)	30 November 2010[111]
30a	Peterborough	The Bishop of Brixworth	Holbrook, JohnJohn Holbrook	14 June 1962	2 June 2011 (consecrated)	2 June 2011[91]
30b	Norwich	The Bishop of Lynn	Meyrick, JonathanJonathan Meyrick[lower-alpha 15]	23 April 1953	2 June 2011 (consecrated)	2 June 2011[112]
32a	London AEO	The Bishop of Fulham	Baker, JonathanJonathan Baker[lower-alpha 15]	6 October 1966	13 February 2013 (translated)[113][114]	16 June 2011[lower-roman 31]
32b	Canterbury AEO	The Bishop of Richborough	Banks, NormanNorman Banks	4 April 1954	16 June 2011 (consecrated)	16 June 2011
34	London	The area Bishop of Stepney	Newman, AdrianAdrian Newman	21 December 1958	22 July 2011 (consecrated)	22 July 2011[115]
35	Carlisle	The Bishop of Penrith	Freeman, RobertRobert Freeman[116]	26 October 1952	28 October 2011 (consecrated)	28 October 2011[5]
36	Chelmsford	The area Bishop of Bradwell	Wraw, JohnJohn Wraw[117]	4 February 1959	25 January 2012 (consecrated)	25 January 2012[118]
37	Sheffield	The Bishop of Doncaster	Burrows, PeterPeter Burrows	27 May 1955	2 February 2012 (consecrated)	2 February 2012
38a	Southwark	The area Bishop of Croydon	Clark, JonathanJonathan Clark[87]	13 February 1961	21 March 2012 (consecrated)	21 March 2012[87]
38b	Southwark	The area Bishop of Woolwich, Bishop-designate of Lichfield	Ipgrave, MichaelMichael Ipgrave[87]	18 April 1958	21 March 2012 (consecrated)	21 March 2012[87]
40	St Albans	The Bishop of Bedford	Atkinson, RichardRichard Atkinson[119]	17 December 1958[120]	17 May 2012 (consecrated)	17 May 2012[121]
41	Salisbury	The Bishop of Ramsbury	Condry, EdEd Condry[122]	25 April 1953[123]	21 September 2012 (consecrated)	21 September 2012[124]
42	Exeter	The Bishop of Plymouth	McKinnel, NickNick McKinnel	19 August 1954	19 April 2015 (translated)[125]	30 November 2012[lower-roman 32]
43	York AEO	The Bishop of Beverley	Webster, GlynGlyn Webster[127][lower-alpha 15]	3 June 1951	25 January 2013 (consecrated)	25 January 2013[128]
44	Truro	The Bishop of St Germans	Goldsmith, ChrisChris Goldsmith[129]	1954 (age 61–62)[130]	14 May 2013 (consecrated)	14 May 2013[131]
45a	Canterbury AEO	The Bishop of Ebbsfleet	Goodall, JonathanJonathan Goodall[132]	1961 (age 54–55)[133]	25 September 2013 (consecrated)	25 September 2013
47	Worcester	The Bishop of Dudley	Usher, GrahamGraham Usher[134]	1970 (age 45–46)[135]	25 March 2014 (consecrated)	25 March 2014[136]
48	Chichester	The area Bishop of Lewes	Jackson, RichardRichard Jackson[137]	1961 (age 54–55)[138]	14 May 2014 (consecrated)	14 May 2014[137]
49a	York	The Bishop of Whitby	Ferguson, PaulPaul Ferguson[139]	13 July 1955[140]	3 July 2014 (consecrated)	3 July 2014[139]
49b	York	The Bishop of Selby	Thomson, JohnJohn Thomson[139]	1959 (age 56–57)[141]	3 July 2014 (consecrated)	3 July 2014[139]
51a	Lincoln	The Bishop of Grimsby	Court, DavidDavid Court[142]	1958 (age 57–58)[143]	25 July 2014 (consecrated)	25 July 2014[142]
51b	Chelmsford	The area Bishop of Barking	Hill, PeterPeter Hill[144]	4 February 1950[145]	25 July 2014 (consecrated)	25 July 2014[144]
51c	Chelmsford	The area Bishop of Colchester	Morris, RogerRoger Morris[146]	18 July 1968[147]	25 July 2014 (consecrated)	25 July 2014[146]
54	Winchester	The Bishop of Basingstoke	Williams, DavidDavid Williams[148]	1961 (age 54–55)[149]	19 September 2014 (consecrated)	19 September 2014[148]
55a	Leeds	The area Bishop of Huddersfield	Gibbs, JonathanJonathan Gibbs[150][lower-alpha 15]	1961 (age 54–55)[151]	17 October 2014 (consecrated)	17 October 2014[150]
55b	Leeds	The area Bishop of Bradford	Howarth, TobyToby Howarth[150]	1962 (age 53–54)[152]	17 October 2014 (consecrated)	17 October 2014[150]
57	Chester	The Bishop of Stockport	Lane, LibbyLibby Lane[153][lower-alpha 17][lower-alpha 15]	1966 (age 49–50)[154]	26 January 2015 (consecrated)[153]	26 January 2015
58	Blackburn	The Bishop of Burnley	North, PhilipPhilip North[155]	1966 (age 49–50)[156]	2 February 2015 (consecrated)[157]	2 February 2015
59	St Albans	The Bishop of Hertford	Beasley, MichaelMichael Beasley[158]	1968 (age 47–48)[159]	14 May 2015 (consecrated)	14 May 2015[160]
60	York	The Bishop of Hull	White, AlisonAlison White[161]	1956 (age 59–60)[162]	3 July 2015 (consecrated)	3 July 2015
61	Leeds	The Bishop of Richmond	Slater, PaulPaul Slater[163]	22 March 1958[164]	19 July 2015 (consecration)	19 July 2015[163]
62	Exeter	The Bishop of Crediton	Mullally, SarahSarah Mullally[165]	26 March 1962[166]	22 July 2015	22 July 2015[165]
63a	Canterbury AEO	The Bishop of Maidstone	Thomas, RodRod Thomas[167]	1954 (age 61–62)[168]	23 September 2015 (consecration)	23 September 2015[169]
63b	London	The area Bishop of Kensington	Tomlin, GrahamGraham Tomlin[170]	1958 (age 57–58)	23 September 2015 (consecration)	23 September 2015[171]
63c	London	The area Bishop of Edmonton	Wickham, RobRob Wickham	1972 (age 43–44)	23 September 2015 (consecration)	23 September 2015[169]
66a	Bath & Wells	The Bishop of Taunton	Worsley, RuthRuth Worsley[172]	1962 (age 53–54)	29 September 2015 (consecration)[173]	29 September 2015
66b	Birmingham	The Bishop of Aston	Hollinghurst, AnneAnne Hollinghurst[174]	1964 (age 51–52)	29 September 2015 (consecration)[175]	29 September 2015
66c	London	The Bishop of Islington (national bishop for church plants)	Thorpe, RicRic Thorpe	1965 (age 50–51)	29 September 2015 (consecration)	29 September 2015[169]
69	Lincoln	The Bishop of Grantham	Chamberlain, NicholasNicholas Chamberlain	25 November 1963	19 November 2015 (consecration)	19 November 2015[176]
70	Salisbury	The Bishop of Sherborne	Gorham, KarenKaren Gorham	24 June 1964	24 February 2016 (consecration)	24 February 2016[177]
71	St Edmundsbury & Ipswich	The Bishop of Dunwich	Harrison, MikeMike Harrison	1963 (age 52–53)	24 February 2016 (consecration)	24 February 2016[178]
72	Derby	Bishop-designate of Repton	McFarlane, JanJan McFarlane	25 November 1964	29 June 2016 (consecration)	29 June 2016 (announced)[179]
73	Guildford	Bishop-designate of Dorking	Bailey Wells, JoJo Bailey Wells	1966 (age 49–50)	29 June 2016 (consecration)	29 June 2016 (announced)[180]
74—	Newcastle	The Bishop of Berwick	ZxVacant since 1572	January 15, 2000	15 January 2038	15 January 2038
74—	Rochester	The Bishop of Tonbridge	ZyVacant since 31 October 2015	January 16, 2000	16 January 2038	16 January 2038
75—	Gloucester	The Bishop of Tewkesbury	ZzVacant since 22 February 2016	January 17, 2000	17 January 2038	17 January 2038

House of Bishops

The membership of the General Synod's House of Bishops is:^[181]

• All 42 bishops diocesan (or as many as are in post)
• The Bishop suffragan of Dover (as a quasi-diocesan bishop; Trevor Willmott; since 2010)
• 9 bishops suffragan (5 from Canterbury province; 4 from York) elected by and from among all the bishops suffragan.

The following have been elected to serve in the Convocations for 2015–2020:^[182]

1. Pete Broadbent, area Bishop of Willesden (since 2001)
2. Jonathan Meyrick, Bishop suffragan of Lynn (since 2013)
3. Jonathan Gibbs, area Bishop of Huddersfield (since 2015)
4. Richard Blackburn, Bishop suffragan of Warrington (since 2015)
5. Alistair Magowan, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow (since 2015)
6. Jonathan Frost, Bishop suffragan of Southampton (since 2015)
7. Jonathan Baker, Bishop suffragan of Fulham (since 2015)
8. Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley (since 2015)
9. Libby Lane, Bishop suffragan of Stockport (since 2015)

Acting diocesan bishops (commissaries) also attend but do not vote (unless they happen to hold a vote as an elected representative suffragan) at meetings of the House.^[183]

The four "provincial episcopal visitors" (the Bishops suffragan of Richborough, of Ebbsfleet, of Maidstone and of Beverley) may attend and speak, but are not members and may not vote — unless they are elected as representative suffragans,^[181] as Beverley has been since 2015.

Additionally, eight "participant observers", each elected by and from among the female "senior priests" of a specific region, attend meetings of the House of Bishops:^[184]

1. Vivienne Faull, Dean of York (North East region)
2. Annette Cooper, Archdeacon of Colchester (East Anglia region)
3. Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Associate Archdeacon of London (South East region)^[185]
4. Nicola Sullivan, Archdeacon of Wells (South West region)
5. Christine Wilson, Archdeacon of Chesterfield (East Midlands region)
6. Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown (South and Central region)
7. Jane Tillier, Diocesan Adviser for Women in Ministry, Diocese of Lichfield (West Midlands region)
8. vacancy (North West region)

Scheduled Crown Nominations Committee (CNC) meetings

The following meetings of the Crown Nominations Commission have been held since April 2015, with the outcomes listed; in addition, further meetings have been announced up until March 2016:^[186]

See	First meeting	Second meeting	Announcement	Election confirmed
Oxford	14 April 2015	11–12 May 2015	14 May 2015	not filled
Newcastle	23 June 2015	23–24 July 2015	2 September 2015	22 September 2015[59]
Leicester	11 September 2015	8–9 October 2015	15 December 2015	22 February 2016
Lichfield	9 December 2015	20–21 January 2016	2 March 2016 (St Chad's day)	c. June 2016[88]
Oxford (same vacancy)[187]	4 February 2016	7–8 March 2016	12 April 2016	TBA
Sheffield	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

See also

• List of deans in the Church of England
• List of archdeacons in the Church of England
• List of Church of England dioceses
• Members of the House of Lords
• Religion in the United Kingdom

Consecration notes

1. Welby was consecrated as Bishop of Durham in 2011.^[5]
2. Sentamu was consecrated as area Bishop of Stepney in 1996; he was translated to Birmingham in 2002.^[8]
3. Chartres was consecrated as area Bishop of Stepney in 1992.
4. Butler was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Southampton in 2004; he translated to Southwell & Nottingham in 2009.
5. James was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of St Germans in 1993.
6. Mike Hill was consecrated as area Bishop of Buckingham in 1998.
7. Redfern was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Grantham in 1997.
8. Urquhart was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead in 2000.
9. Inge was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon in 2003.
10. Thornton was consecrated as area Bishop of Sherborne in 2001.
11. Smith was consecrated as area Bishop of Shrewsbury in 2001.
12. Newcome was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Penrith in 2002.
13. Foster was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Hertford in 2001.
14. Cottrell was consecrated as area Bishop of Reading in 2004.
15. Langstaff was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Lynn in 2004.
16. Conway was consecrated as area Bishop of Ramsbury in 2006.
17. Chessun was consecrated as area Bishop of Woolwich in 2005.
18. Baines was consecrated as area Bishop of Croydon in 2003; he was translated to Bradford in 2011 and that see was dissolved in 2014, two months prior to his election to Leeds.
19. Stock was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Stockport in 2000; he was translated to St Edmundsbury & Ipswich in 2007.
20. Warner was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Whitby in 2010.
21. Walker was consecrated as area Bishop of Dudley in 2000.
22. Hancock was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke in 2010.
23. Atwell was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Stockport in 2008.
24. Bayes was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Hertford in 2010.
25. Frith was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Hull in 1998.
26. Watson was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Aston in 2008.
27. Willmott was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke in 2002.
28. Boyle was consecrated as diocesan Bishop of Northern Malawi (Church of the Province of Central Africa) in 2001.
29. White was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Brixworth in 2002.
30. Proud's consecration as area bishop for the Horn of Africa (Diocese of Egypt) was reported in the Church Times, 27 April 2007.
31. Baker was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (PEV) in 2011.
32. McKinnel was consecrated as Bishop suffragan of Crediton on 30 November 2002.^[126]

Resignations and retirements

1. It has been announced that Croft is to be translated to Oxford in "autumn" 2016.^[30]
2. It has been announced that White is to retire on 30 September 2016.^[99]
3. It has been announced that Edmondson is to retire on 30 June 2016.^[106]

Notes

1. The date the person's election to their current see was confirmed.
2. The date the person was consecrated as an Anglican bishop.
3. The date(s) the person was introduced in the House of Lords.
4. Welby was translated to Canterbury upon the confirmation of his election (at which point he became the bishop diocesan proper)^[2] on 4 February.^[3] His installation at Canterbury Cathedral duly occurred on 21 March 2013^[4]
5. Sentamu was translated to York upon the confirmation of his election at St Mary-le-Bow, London on 5 October 2005.^[7]
6. Chartres was translated to London upon the confirmation of his election in November 1995.^[10]
7. Butler was translated to Durham upon the confirmation of his election at York Minster on 20 January 2014.^[12]
8. Dakin became Bishop of Winchester upon the confirmation of his election on 20 December 2011.^[17]
9. Baines became acting diocesan and area bishop for Leeds on 22 April 2014,^[48] then became diocesan and area Bishop of Leeds proper upon the confirmation of his election on 8 June.^[49]
10. Accelerated in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015.^[54]
11. The Bishop of Lambeth is not a diocesan bishop (he cannot join the Lords), but ranks highly as episcopal chief of staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace.
12. The Bishops of Sodor and Man and in Europe are ineligible for seats in the House of Lords; the Bishop of Sodor and Man is, however, ex officio a member of the Manx Legislative Council.
13. The date the person took up office in their current suffragan role; for suffragans in their first see, this date is the same as their consecration.
14. The Assistant Bishops of Newcastle and of Leicester are suffragan bishops only in practice. They are officially stipendiary assistant bishops.
15. Elected suffragan member of the House of Bishops for the 2015–2020 Convocations.
16. On 28 November 2015, Frank White, Assistant Bishop of Newcastle (at the end of a vacancy in the diocesan See), 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.^[95][96] The Dioceses Commission approved the petition to revive the See^[97] and the post was advertised in April 2016.^[98]
17. Lane has the distinction of being the first woman consecrated as a bishop in the Church of England.

References

1. "Diocese of Durham" (Press release). Number10.gov.uk. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
2. Peter Owen – Choosing Bishops
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External links

• Current list of Lords Spiritual (select "Party and Group" and "Bishops")
• Peter Owen – Suffragan Bishops in the Church of England