The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury.[1]
The diocese was formed from part of the Diocese of Southwell in 1927 under George V and roughly covers the county of Derbyshire. Before this time however there had been two bishops suffragan of Derby whilst the town was still within the Diocese of Southwell.
The bishop's seat (cathedra) or see is located in the City of Derby at Derby Cathedral – formerly the parish church of All Saints, which was elevated to cathedral status in 1927.[2] The bishop's residence is the Bishop's House, Duffield.
The current bishop is Libby Lane, since the confirmation on 11 February 2019 of her election.[3]
List of bishops edit
| Bishops of Derby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1927 | 1936 |  Edmund Pearce
|
Previously Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. |
| 1936 | 1959 |  Alfred Rawlinson
|
Previously Archdeacon of Auckland. |
| 1959 | 1969 |  Geoffrey Allen
|
Previously Principal of Cuddesdon College. |
| 1969 | 1988 | Cyril Bowles
|
Previously Archdeacon of Swindon. |
| 1988 | 1995 | Peter Dawes
|
Previously Archdeacon of West Ham. |
| 1995 | 2005 | Jonathan Bailey
|
Translated from Dunwich; also Clerk of the Closet from 1997. |
| 2005 | 2018 |  Alastair Redfern[4]
|
Translated from Grantham; retired 31 August 2018.[5] |
| 2018 | 2019 | _(Jan_McFarlane_cropped).jpg) Jan McFarlane, Bishop of Repton
|
Acting diocesan bishop.[6] |
| 2019 | present | .jpg) Libby Lane
|
Translated from Stockport; installed 25 May 2019.[7][8] |
Assistant bishops edit
Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese have been:
- 1936 – 1937 (d.): Philip Crick, Vicar of Ashbourne and former Bishop of Rockhampton and of Ballarat[9]
- 1937 – 1941 (d.): Edward Every, Rector of Egginton; retired Bishop of the Falkland Islands and of Argentina[10]
- 1941 – 1953 (res.): Ronald O'Ferrall, Rector of Walton on Trent until 1944, Vicar of Repton and Foremark (1944–1947), Provost of Derby thereafter; former Bishop in Madagascar and later Assistant Bishop of Gloucester[11]
- 1954–1962: George Sinker, Vicar of Bakewell and former Bishop in Nagpur[12]
- 1962 – 1984 (d.): Tom Parfitt, Rector of Matlock with Tansley (until 1980) and former Bishop in Madagascar[13]
- 1979 – 1980 (res.): George Briggs, assistant priest in Matlock with Tansley and former Bishop of The Seychelles[14]
References edit
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ Derby Cathedral Archived February 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. (Official website). Retrieved on 23 November 2008.
- ^ "Libby Lane is legally the Bishop of Derby". derby.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019.
- ^ Profile: Rt Rev'd Dr Alastair Redfern Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. (Official website). Retrieved on 23 November 2008.
- ^ Diocese of Derby — Bishop of Derby announces he will retire in 2018 (Accessed 8 November 2017)
- ^ "Bishop Jan writes…". www.derby.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Bishop Libby Lane named as next Bishop of Derby". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ King, Dave. "Bishop Libby's Installation". Diocese of Derby. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Crick, Philip Charles Thurlow". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Every, Edward Francis". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "O'Ferrall, Ronald Stanhope More". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Sinker, George". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Parfitt, Thomas Richards". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Briggs, George Cardell". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)