Bishop of Blackburn

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The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York.

The diocese covers much of the county of Lancashire and has its see in the town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. Despite having a cathedral Blackburn is not officially a city.

The office has existed since the foundation of the see from part of the Diocese of Manchester in 1926 under King George V. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Dr Nicholas Stewart Reade, BA, the 8th Bishop of Blackburn, who signs Nicholas Blackburn.

[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Blackburn, England

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1927 to 1942	Percy Mark Herbert
1942 to 1954	Wilfred Marcus Askwith, DD	Translated to Gloucester
1954 to 1960	Walter Hubert Baddeley
1960 to 1971	Charles Claxton
1972 to 1981	Robert Martineau
1982 to 1989	David Stewart Cross
1989 to 2003	Alan David Chesters, MA	Resigned
2003 to present	Dr Nicholas Stewart Reade, BA	Installed 27 March 2004

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