The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.[1]
Bishop of Leicester | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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
edit| Bishops of Leicester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1927 | 1940 |  Cyril Bardsley |
Translated from Peterborough |
| 1940 | 1953 | Guy Smith |
Translated from Willesden |
| 1953 | 1979 | Ronald Williams |
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| 1979 | 1991 | Richard Rutt |
Translated from St Germans. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1995. |
| 1991 | 1999 | .jpg) Tom Butler |
Translated from Willesden; later moved to Southwark |
| 1999 | 11 July 2015 | .jpg) 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] | |||
Assistant bishops
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Other assistant (or coadjutor) bishops of the diocese include:
- 1935 – 1949 (ret.): John Willis, former Bishop of Uganda[9]
- 1949 – 1955 (d.): Francis Hollis, Vicar of Stanford with Swinford, Leicestershire and Senior Canon of Leicester; former Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak[10]
- 1950 – 1965 (ret.): Alexander Maxwell, Vicar of Copt Oak (until 1952), of Ab Kettleby with Wartnaby and Holwell (1952–1959), Rector of Swithland (from 1959); former Assistant Bishop of West/ern Szechwan. Harold Alexander Maxwell (17 December 1897 – 30 December 1975), CMS missionary in China.[11] Made deacon on St Thomas' Day (21 December) 1923[12] and ordained priest the following St Thomas' Day, 21 December 1924; both times by, Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral.[13]
- 1972 – 1997 (d.): John Mort, former Bishop of Northern Nigeria (1952–1969), Canon Treasurer of Leicester Cathedral (1970–1988)[14]
- 1966 – 1973 (ret.): Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Rector of Swithland, former Bishop of North Kerala and Assistant Bishop of Chelmsford
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:
- 1999–2011 (res.): Colin Scott, retired Bishop of Hulme
Sources
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- ^ a b c "Historical successions: Leicester". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b Leicester Cathedral: History Archived 25 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- ^ "Martyn James Snow". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ a b Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester Archived 17 March 2016 at archive.today & photo on Twitter (Accessed 26 February 2016)
- ^ Diocese of Leicester – Bishop Tim announces retirement Archived 19 November 2014 at archive.today (Accessed 18 November 2014)
- ^ Diocese of Leicester — Interim Bishop of Leicester (Accessed 30 June 2015)
- ^ Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester (Accessed 15 December 2015)
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 252.
- ^ "Willis, John Jamieson". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Hollis, Francis Septimus". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Maxwell, Harold Alexander". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Advent Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3179. 28 December 1923. p. 740. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Advent Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3231. 24 December 1924. p. 743. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Mort, John Ernest Llewelyn". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Bibliography
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.