Bishop of Newcastle (England)
Bishop of Newcastle | |
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Bishopric | |
anglican | |
Incumbent: Helen-Ann Hartley | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | York |
Residence | Bishop's House, Gosforth |
Information | |
First holder | Ernest Wilberforce |
Established | 1882 |
Diocese | Newcastle |
Cathedral | Newcastle Cathedral |
The Bishop of Newcastle is the
.The diocese presently covers the
Newcastle city centre.[1]
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. Helen-Ann Hartley became diocesan Bishop of Newcastle on 3 February 2023, the confirmation of her election.[2]
List of bishops
Bishops of Newcastle | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1882 | 1896 | Ernest Wilberforce | Translated to Chichester. |
1896 | 1903 | Edgar Jacob | Translated to St Albans. |
1903 | 1907 | Arthur Lloyd | Translated from Thetford. |
1907 | 1915 | Norman Straton | Translated from Sodor and Man. |
1915 | 1927 | Herbert Wild | |
1927 | 1941 | Harold Bilbrough | Translated from Dover. |
1941 | 1957 | Noel Hudson | Previously Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak then assistant bishop of St Albans; translated to Ely. |
1957 | 1972 | Hugh Ashdown | |
1973 | 1980 | Ronald Bowlby | Translated to Southwark .
|
1981 | 1997 | Alec Graham | Translated from Bedford. |
1997 | 2014 | Martin Wharton | Translated from Kingston-upon-Thames .
|
2014 | 2015 | Frank White | Acting bishop, as Assistant Bishop of Newcastle |
2015 | 2021 | Christine Hardman | Retired 30 November 2021.[3][4] |
2021 | 2023 | Mark Wroe Bishop of Berwick |
Acting bishop, as Bishop of Berwick.[4] |
2023 | present | Helen-Ann Hartley | Elected 28 November 2022;[5] confirmed 3 February 2023.[2] |
Source(s):[6][7] |
Assistant bishops
Among those others who have served the diocese as assistant bishops have been:
- 1924 – 1933 (res.):
- Anthony Hunter resigned as assistant bishop effective 1 September 1980.[10]
References
- ^ "Christine Elizabeth Hardman". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Diary (February 2023)". Archbishop of York. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Diocese of Newcastle — Confirmation of Election Service for the 12th Bishop of Newcastle Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 23 September 2015)
- ^ a b "Bishop Christine bids emotional farewell as Bishop of Newcastle". Diocese of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Church of England in the Diocese of Newcastle [@NclDiocese] (28 November 2022). "The College of Canons at @nclcathedral met today to formally elect..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Historical successions: Newcastle". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.