The Bishop of Richborough is a suffragan bishop and provincial episcopal visitor for the whole of the Province of Canterbury in the Church of England.[1]
The position was created in 1995 and licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province which cannot in good conscience accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women. The title takes its name from Richborough, a settlement north of Sandwich in Kent.
On 31 December 2010, the Right Reverend Keith Newton resigned as the Bishop of Richborough and soon afterwards was received into the Roman Catholic Church. On 5 May 2011, Norman Banks was announced as the bishop-designate for the position.[2] He was subsequently ordained as a bishop on 16 June 2011.[3]
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| 1995 to 2002 | Edwin Barnes SSC | |
| 2002 to 2010 | Keith Newton SSC[4] | Resigned 31 December 2010 to become a Roman Catholic |
| 2011 - present | Norman Banks SSC[5] | Previously Vicar of Walsingham, Houghton and Barsham in the Diocese of Norwich |
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