Bishop of Leicester
| Bishop of Leicester | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
| Anglican | |
| Incumbent: Tim Stevens |
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| Province: | Canterbury |
| Diocese: | Leicester |
| Cathedral: | Leicester Cathedral |
| First Bishop: | Cuthwine (historic) Cyril Bardsley (modern) |
| Formation: | 680 (historic) 1927 (modern) |
The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.[1]
The first bishops of Leicester were originally prelates who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 9th centuries. The bishopric fell victim to the invasion by the Danes and the episcopal see was transferred to Dorchester.[2][3][4]
After a thousand years the episcopal title was resurrected as a suffragan see within the diocese of Peterborough. The suffragan Bishop of Leicester assisted the diocesan Bishop of Peterborough in overseeing the diocese.[2][5]
Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church became Leicester Cathedral.[2][1] The present bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Springfield Road, Leicester.
Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Leicester
| Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Leicester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 679 | c.691 | Cuthwine | |
| 692 | 705 | Wilfrid | Translated from York; later transferred to Hexham |
| 709 | c.716/727 | Headda | also Bishop of Lichfield |
| c.716/727 | 737 | Aldwine | also Bishop of Lichfield |
| 737 | 764 | Torhthelm | |
| 764 | c.781/785 | Eadbeorht | |
| c.781/785 | c.801/803 | Unwona | |
| c.801/803 | c.814/816 | Wernbeorht | |
| c.814/816 | 839 or 840 | Hræthhun | |
| 839 or 840 | c.840/844 | Ealdred | |
| c.840/844 | c.869/888 | Ceobred | |
| In the late 9th century, the episcopal see of Leicester was moved to Dorchester. | |||
| Source(s): [2][3][4][6] | |||
Suffragan Bishops of Leicester
| Suffragan Bishops of Leicester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1888 | 1903 | Francis Thicknesse | Formerly Archdeacon of Northampton |
| 1903 | 1913 | Lewis Clayton | |
| 1913 | 1927 | Norman Lang | |
| In 1927, the suffragan see of Leicester ended with the creation of the diocesan see. | |||
| Source(s): [2][5] | |||
Diocesan Bishops of Leicester
| Bishops of Leicester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1927 | 1940 | Cyril Bardsley | Translated from Peterborough |
| 1940 | 1953 | Guy Smith | Translated from Willesden |
| 1953 | 1979 | Ronald Williams | |
| 1979 | 1991 | Richard Rutt | Translated from St Germans. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1995. |
| 1991 | 1999 | Tom Butler | Translated from Willesden; later moved to Southwark |
| 1999 | present | Tim Stevens | Translated from Dunwich |
| Source(s): [1][2][7] | |||
Sources
- Notes
- ^ a b c "Historical successions: Leicester". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Leicester Cathedral: History. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ a b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 238.
- ^ a b The Saxon Bishops of Leicester, Lindsey (Syddensis) , and Dorchester. By D. P. Kirby. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ "Historical successions: Lincoln (including precussor offices)". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 252.
- Bibliography
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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