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Bishop of Gloucester

TheBishop of Gloucesteris theordinaryof theChurch of EnglandDiocese of Gloucesterin theProvince of Canterbury.

Bishop ofGloucester
Bishopric
anglican
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Arms of the Bishop of Gloucester:Azure, two keys addorsed in saltire the wards upwards or[1]
Incumbent:
Rachel Treweek
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCanterbury
ResidenceBishopscourt, Gloucester
Information
First holderJohn Wakeman
Established1541
DioceseGloucester
CathedralGloucester Cathedral

The diocese covers theCounty of Gloucestershireand part of theCounty of Worcestershire.Thesee's centre of governance is theCity of Gloucesterwhere the bishop's chair (cathedra) is located in theCathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity.

The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt, Gloucester; very near the Cathedral.[2]

The office has been in existence since the foundation of the see in 1541 underKing Henry VIIIfrom part of theDiocese of Worcester.On 5 August 2014,Martyn Snow,thesuffraganBishop of Tewkesbury,became acting bishop of Gloucester.[3]

On 26 March 2015, it was announced thatRachel Treweekwas to become the next bishop of Gloucester (and the first woman to serve as a diocesan bishop in the Church of England);[4]she legally became the bishop of Gloucester with the confirmation of her election on 15 June 2015.[5]

List of bishops

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Chronological list of the bishops of the Diocese of Gloucester.

(Dates in italics indicatede factocontinuation of office)

Bishops of Gloucester
From Until Incumbent Notes
1541 1549 John Wakeman Previously lastAbbotofTewkesbury.
1550 1552 John Hooper Translated toWorcester and Gloucester.[6]
1552 1554 See dissolved and returned to Worcester diocese
1554 1558 James Brooks Died in office.
1558 1562 Seevacant
1562 1579 Richard Cheyney Formerly aPrebendaryofWestminster Abbey.Also heldBristolin commendam(1562–1579); died in office.
1579 1581 See vacant
1581 1598 John Bullingham AlsoBishop of Bristol(1581–1589).
1598 1604 Godfrey Goldsborough Formerly aPrebendaryofWorcester.
1604 1607 Thomas Ravis FormerlyDeanofQueen's College, Oxford;elected 4 March 1604; translated toLondon.
1607 1610 Henry Parry FormerlyDean of Chester;translated toWorcester.
1610 1612 Giles Thomson FormerlyDean of Windsor;consecrated 9 June 1611; died in office.
1612 1624 Miles Smith Formerly aCanon-resident ofHereford.
1625 1646 Godfrey Goodman FormerlyDean of Rochester;sequestrated 1640 and formally deprived 1646; converted toRoman Catholicismand died inRomein 1655.
1646 1660 See was abolished during theCommonwealthand theProtectorate.[7][8]
1660 1672 William Nicholson FormerlyArchdeacon of Brecon.
1672 1681 John Pritchett FormerlyVicarofSt Giles, Cripplegate.
1681 1690 Robert Frampton FormerlyDean of Gloucester;deprived in 1690.
1691 1714 Edward Fowler Formerly aPrebendaryofGloucester;died in office.
1715 1722 Richard Willis FormerlyDean of Lincoln;translated toSalisbury.
1722 1731 Joseph Wilcocks Formerly aPrebendaryofWestminster;translated toRochester.
1731 1733 Elias Sydall Translated fromSt David's.
1734 1752 Martin Benson Formerly aPrebendaryofDurham.
1752 1759 James Johnson Formerly aCanon-resident ofSt Paul's, London;translated toWorcester.
1759 1779 William Warburton FormerlyDean of Bristoland preacher ofLincoln's Inn.
1779 1781 The Hon.James Yorke Translated fromSt David's;translated toEly.
1781 1789 Samuel Hallifax Translated toSt Asaph.
1789 1802 Richard Beadon FormerlyArchdeacon of London;translated toBath & Wells.
1802 1815 George Huntingford FormerlyWardenofWinchester College;translated toHereford.
1815 1824 Henry Ryder Translated toLichfield & Coventry.
1824 1830 Christopher Bethell Translated toExeter.
1830 1836 James Henry Monk Translated to Gloucester and Bristol.
Bishops of Gloucester and Bristol
Merged as a single see and diocese, 1836–1897
From Until Incumbent Notes
1836 1856 James Henry Monk Translated from Gloucester; died in office.
1856 1861 Charles Baring Translated toDurham.
1861 1863 William Thomson PreviouslyDeanofQueen's College, Oxford;translated toYork.
1863 1897 Charles Ellicott PreviouslyDean of Exeter;translated to Gloucester.
Bishops of Gloucester
From Until Incumbent Notes
1897 1905 Charles Ellicott Hitherto Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol.
1905 1923 Edgar Gibson
1923 1945 Arthur Headlam
1946 1953 Clifford Woodward Translated fromBristol.
1954 1962 Wilfred AskwithKCMG Translated fromBlackburn.
1962 1975 Basil Guy Translated fromBedford.
1975 1992 John Yates Translated fromWhitby.
1992 1993 Peter BallCGA Translated fromLewes.
1993 2003 David Bentley Translated fromLynn.
2004 2014 Michael Perham FormerlyDean of Derby.
2014 2015 Martyn Snow Acting diocesan bishop, as suffraganBishop of Tewkesbury.[3]
2015 incumbent Rachel Treweek Election confirmed15 June 2015.[4][5]
Source(s):[9][10][11]

Assistant bishops

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Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were:

Among those who have served as (honorary) assistant bishops in retirement have been:

References

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  1. ^Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 492
  2. ^ "Rachel Treweek".Crockford's Clerical Directory(online ed.).Church House Publishing.Retrieved30 November2015.
  3. ^abDiocese of Gloucester – Letter from the Bishop of TewkesburyArchived2014-08-08 at theWayback Machine(Accessed 7 August 2014)
  4. ^abDiocese of Gloucester – The Bishop of Gloucester DesignateArchived2015-04-02 at theWayback Machine(Accessed 26 March 2015)
  5. ^abArchbishop of Canterbury – Diary: Bishop of Gloucester – Confirmation of Election(Accessed 27 May 2015)
  6. ^Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857,vol. 7, 1992, pp. 105–109
  7. ^Plant, David (2002)."Episcopalians".BCW Project.Retrieved25 April2021.
  8. ^King, Peter (July 1968). "The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642–1649".The English Historical Review.83(328). Oxford University Press: 523–537.doi:10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523.JSTOR564164.
  9. ^"Historical successions: Gloucester".Crockford's Clerical Directory.Retrieved18 July2012.
  10. ^Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986).Handbook of British Chronology(3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 248–249.ISBN978-0-521-56350-5.
  11. ^Horn, J. M. (1996)."Bishops of Gloucester".Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses.British History Online.pp. 40–44.
  12. ^"Marsden, Samuel Edward".Who's Who.A & C Black.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
  13. ^"Palmer, Edwin James".Who's Who.A & C Black.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
  14. ^"Ordinations on Trinity Sunday".Church Times.No. 4767. 18 June 1954. p. 477.ISSN0009-658X.Retrieved4 December2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  15. ^"O'Ferrall, Ronald Stanhope More".Who's Who.A & C Black.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
  16. ^abc"Gazette: appointments".Church Times.No. 7447. 2 December 2005. p. 27.ISSN0009-658X.Retrieved13 February2021– via UK Press Online archives.
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