The Bishop of Stafford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. The Bishop of Stafford has particular episcopal oversight of the parishes in the Archdeaconry of Stoke. Matthew Parker has been in post since 2021; the bishops suffragan of Stafford have been area bishops since the Lichfield area scheme was erected in 1992.[2]
| Bishops of Stafford | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1909 | 1915 | Edward Were | (1846–1915). Formerly Bishop of Derby |
| 1915 | 1934 | Lionel Crawfurd | (1864–1934) |
| 1934 | 1938 | Douglas Crick | (1885–1973). Translated to Chester |
| 1938 | 1958 | Lemprière Hammond | (1881–1965) |
| 1958 | 1974 | Richard Clitherow | (1909–1984) |
| 1975 | 1978 | John Waine | (1930-2020). Translated to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
| 1979 | 1987 | John Waller | (1924–2015) |
| 1987 | 1995 | Michael Scott-Joynt | (1943–2014). First area bishop from 1992; translated to Winchester. |
| 1996 | 2004 | Christopher Hill | (b. 1945). Translated to Guildford |
| 2005 | 2010 | Gordon Mursell | (b. 1949) |
| 2010[3] | 2019 | Geoff Annas | (b. 1953) Retired 30 November 2019.[4] |
| 2021 | present | Matthew Parker | Consecrated 14 April 2021.[5] |
| Source(s):[1] | |||
References
edit- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ^ "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Diocese of Lichfield — Bishop of Stafford Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Diocese of Lichfield - News - Bishop Geoff to bid farewell". www.lichfield.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019.
- ^ [1] & [2]
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