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The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's Lodge, Springfield Road, Leicester.
[edit] History
The area first held a bishopric in 680, and the Saxon cathedral was probably located close to (if not on the site of) the present cathedral. The original diocese fell victim to the invasion by the Danes around 870, when the Bishopric was moved to Oxfordshire and became the Bishop of Dorchester.
At the time of the Reformation, in 1539 a new cathedral was being erected. However this structure was never completed and it was another three centuries before Leicester was finally to regain its see in 1927. Before this time however there had been suffragan bishops of Leicester whilst the bishopric was still within the its parent diocese.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
