Bishop of Newcastle
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The Bishop of Newcastle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.
The diocese at present covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria. The see is in the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, a parish church elevated to cathedral status in 1882.
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The office has existed since the founding of the diocese in 1882 under Queen Victoria by division of the diocese of Durham. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Martin Wharton, the 11th Bishop of Newcastle, who signs Martin Newcastle.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1882 to 1896 | Ernest Roland Wilberforce | |
| 1896 to 1903 | Edgar Jacob | |
| 1903 to 1907 | Arthur Thomas Lloyd | |
| 1907 to 1913 | Norman Daimard John John Straton | |
| 1913 to 1927 | Herbert Louis Wild | |
| 1927 to 1941 | Harold Ernest Bilbrough | |
| 1941 to 1957 | Noel Baring Hudson | |
| 1957 to 1973 | Hugh Edward Ashdown | |
| 1973 to 1981 | Ronald Oliver Bowlby | |
| 1981 to 1997 | Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham | |
| 1997 to present | John Martin Wharton |
| Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain | |
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| Church of England | Archbishop of Canterbury: Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | St Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester Archbishop of York: Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield |
| Church in Wales | Archbishop of Wales: Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon |
| Scottish Episcopal Church | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane |
