Bishop of Leicester | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Incumbent: Martyn Snow | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Residence | Bishop's Lodge, Knighton |
Information | |
First holder | Cyril Bardsley |
Established | 1927 |
Diocese | Leicester |
Cathedral | Leicester Cathedral |
The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.[1]
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, Knighton,[3] south Leicester. Martyn Snow became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.[4]
Bishops of Leicester | |||
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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 | 11 July 2015 | Tim Stevens | Translated from Dunwich[5] |
1 September 2015 | 22 February 2016 | John Holbrook | Bishop of Brixworth, acting bishop[6] |
22 February 2016 | present | Martyn Snow | [4] Previously Bishop of Tewkesbury.[7] |
Source(s):[1][2][8] |
For those full-time Assistant Bishops of Leicester who preceded the Bishop suffragan of Loughborough, see Bishop of Loughborough. |
Other assistant (or coadjutor) bishops of the diocese include:
Cecil de Carteret, former Bishop of Jamaica, was appointed to serve as assistant-bishop from 1932, but he died in ill-health on 3 January, unable to take up the appointment.
Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included: