Bishop of Bedford
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The Suffragan Bishop of Bedford is a post in the Church of England, responsible to the Bishop of St Albans, together with the Suffragan Bishop of Hertford.[1] The bishopric comprises 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire.
The title, which takes its name from the town of Bedford, was created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The first three suffragan bishops were appointed for the diocese of London, but through reorganisation within the Church of England in 1914, Bedford came under the diocese of St Albans.
The current bishop is the Rt Revd Richard Inwood, formerly Archdeacon of Halifax, who was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams at Southwark Cathedral on March 7th 2003.[2]
[edit] List of holders of the office
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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1537 to 1560 | John Hodgkins | |
1560 to 1879 | in abeyance | |
1879 to 1888 | William Walsham How | Translated to Wakefield |
1888 to 1898 | Robert Claudius Billing | |
1898 to 1935 | in abeyance | |
1935 to 1939 | James Lumsden Barkway | |
1939 to 1948 | Alymer Skelton | |
1948 to 1953 | Claude Thomas Thellusson Wood | |
1953 to 1957 | Angus Campbell MacInnes | |
1957 to 1962 | Basil Tudor Guy | Translated to Gloucester |
1963 to 1968 | Albert John Trillo | Translated to Hertford |
1968 to 1977 | John Tyrrell Holmes Hare | (1912-1976) |
1977 to 1981 | Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham | (b.1929). Translated to Newcastle |
1981 to 1993 | David John Farmbrough | (b.1929) |
1994 to 2002 | John Henry Richardson | (b.1937) |
2003 to Present | Richard Neil Inwood | (b.1946) |
[edit] References
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
- ^ The Rt Revd Richard Inwood's biography on St Albans Diocese's website
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