Bishop of Bedford
Bishop of Bedford | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Incumbent: Richard Atkinson | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Information | |
First holder | John Hodgkins |
Established | 1537 |
Diocese | St Albans |
The Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire.[1][2]
The title, which takes its name after the town of Bedford, was created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The first three suffragan bishops were appointed for the Diocese of London, but through reorganisation within the Church of England in 1914, Bedford came under the Diocese of St Albans.[2]
Richard Atkinson, formerly Archdeacon of Leicester, was consecrated by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in St Paul's Cathedral on 17 May 2012.
History
With the huge increase in London's population in the 19th century, the
List of the Bishops of Bedford
Bishops of Bedford | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1537 | 1560 | John Hodgkins | Deprived by Queen Mary I; died in office. |
1560 | 1879 | in abeyance | |
1879 | 1888 | Walsham How | Suffragan for the East End; translated to Wakefield .
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1888 | 1898 | Robert Billing | Suffragan for East and North London; resigned duties in 1895, retaining the see until his death. |
1898 | 1935 | in abeyance | |
1935 | 1939 | Lumsden Barkway | Translated to St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane. |
1939 | 1942 | Alymer Skelton
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Previously Archdeacon of St Albans; translated to Lincoln. |
1948 | 1953 | Thomas Wood | Previously Archdeacon of St Albans. |
1953 | 1957 | Campbell MacInnes | Translated to Jerusalem .
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1957 | 1962 | Basil Guy | Translated to Gloucester. |
1963 | 1968 | John Trillo | Translated to Hertford then Chelmsford. |
1968 | 1976 | John Hare | Previously Archdeacon of Bedford; died in office. |
1977 | 1981 | Alec Graham | Translated to Newcastle; living. |
1981 | 1993 | David Farmbrough | Previously Archdeacon of St Albans. |
1994 | 2002 | John Richardson
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Translated to honorary assistant bishop. Living |
2003 | 2012 | Richard Inwood | Previously Archdeacon of Halifax. Translated to Southwell and Nottingham |
2012 | present | Richard Atkinson [9] | Previously Archdeacon of Leicester. |
Source(s):[2][10] |
References
- ^ "The Rt Revd Richard Inwood's biography on St Albans Diocese's website". Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Number 10 – Suffragan See of Bedford
- ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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