Bishop of Derby

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The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury.

The diocese was formed from part of the Diocese of Southwell in 1927 under King George V and roughly covers the county of Derbyshire. Before this time however there had been two Suffragan Bishops of Derby whilst the bishopric was still within the Diocese of Southwell.

The bishop's seat (cathedra) or see is located in the City of Derby at The Cathedral Church of All Saints - formerly a parish church which was elevated to cathedral status in 1927. The bishop's residence is Derby Church House, Full Street, Derby.

The current bishop is the Right Reverend Dr Alastair Redfern, the 7th Bishop of Derby, who signs + Alastair Derby. He is not yet one of the 21 senior bishops (by length of tenure) and so is not entitled to sit in the House of Lords.

[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Derby, England and its precursor offices

[edit] Bishops suffragan of Derby in the diocese of Southwell

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1889 to 1909 Edward Ash Were, Suffragan Bishop of Derby
1909 to 1927 Charles Thomas Abraham, Suffragan Bishop of Derby

[edit] diocesan Bishops of Derby

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1927 to 1936 Edmund Courtenay Pearce, Bishop of Derby
1936 to 1959 Alfred Edward John Rawlinson
1959 to 1969 Geoffrey Francis Allen
1969 to 1988 Cyril William Johnson Bowles
1988 to 1995 Peter Spencer Dawes
5 December 1995 to 2005 Jonathan Sansbury Bailey previously Suffragan Bishop of Dunwich
2005 to present Alastair Redfern previously Suffragan Bishop of Grantham


Anglican hierarchy in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Anglican Communion