Anglican Bishop of Southwark
Bishop of Southwark | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Incumbent: Christopher Chessun | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Residence | Bishop's House, Streatham |
Information | |
Established | 1905 |
Diocese | Southwark |
Cathedral | St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark |
The Bishop of Southwark (
Until 1877, Southwark had been part of the Diocese of Winchester when it was transferred to the Diocese of Rochester. In 1891, the Bishop of Rochester appointed Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs the only suffragan bishop of Southwark and an ancient parish church in Southwark was restored to become a pro-cathedral in 1897, which later became Southwark Cathedral.[2] The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Streatham.[4]
On 1 May 1905,
The current and previous bishops have been cited in canonical practice in its interpretation as "valid but irregular" of three ordinations of candidates ordained abroad, associated with a conservative evangelical church-forming group, the Anglican Mission in England, having expressed, in the church's view, extreme views on a complex subject.[7][8]
The current bishop is
List of bishops
Diocesan Bishops of Southwark | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1905 | 1911 | Edward Talbot | Translated from Rochester, translated to Winchester |
1911 | 1919 | Hubert Burge | Translated to Oxford |
1919 | 1932 | Cyril Garbett | Translated to Winchester, and later to York |
1932 | 1941 | Richard Parsons | Translated from Middleton, translated to Hereford |
1942 | 1959 | Bertram Simpson | Translated from Kensington |
1959 | 1980 | Mervyn Stockwood | |
1980 | 1991 | Ronald Bowlby | Translated from Newcastle |
1991 | 1998 | Roy Williamson | Translated from Bradford |
1998 | 2010 | Tom Butler | Translated from Leicester |
2011 | incumbent | Christopher Chessun | Translated from Woolwich |
Source(s):[9][10] |
Assistant bishops
Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese have been:
- 1964–1968: Assistant Bishop of Auckland[11]
- 1968–1972 (d.): Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman[12]
- 1967 – 1971 (ret.): Lawrence Barham, Minister of Bishop of Namirembe, at Namirembe Cathedral;[16] and served until 1966, when he resigned and returned to London in 1966.[13]
- 1974 – 1975: Bishop of Polynesia[17]
- 1975 – 1987 (ret.): Bishop of Pretoria[18]
References
- ^ "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.
- ^ a b c Diocese of Southwark: History Archived January 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 21 October 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ "Christopher Thomas James Chessun". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- London Gazette. March 21, 1905.
- ^ Diocese of Southwark: Bishops and Officers Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ^ Petre, Jonathan (4 November 2005). "Evangelicals defy bishop by holding 'irregular' ordinations". Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "A.M.I.E". Co-Mission. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Historical successions: Southwark". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 268 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
- ^ "Boys, John". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c "Barham, Edward Lawrence". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 May 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 May 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 May 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Vockler, Brother John-Charles". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Knapp-Fisher, Edward George". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)