| Bishop of Sodor and Man | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
| Anglican | |
| Incumbent: Robert Paterson |
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| Province: | York |
| Diocese: | Sodor and Man |
| Cathedral: | St German's, Peel |
| Website: | Bishop's office |
The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980. The termination "and Man" appears to have been added in the 17th century and the designation "Sodor and Man" had become a fixture by 1684.
The right to nominate to the See of Sodor and Man rests with the Crown, which acts, perhaps somewhat anomalously (in view of Man's status as a Crown Dependency), on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Following the resignation of the Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, who became Dean of St Paul's, London on 1 October 2007, on 8 February 2008 it was announced from 10 Downing Street that the next Bishop would be Canon Robert Paterson[1] whose appointment was confirmed by Letters Patent issued by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 April 2008,[2] and who was consecrated bishop on 25 April 2008 at York Minster.[3] He was enthroned Bishop of Sodor and Man on 14 June 2008 in St German's Cathedral at Peel, Isle of Man.[4][5]
The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980.
The present Anglican diocese is called "Sodor and Man". The termination "and Man" appears to have been added in the 17th century and the designation "Sodor and Man" had become a fixture by 1684.
In the Middle Ages, the diocese was considered part of Scotland, and was not under the control of either the Archbishop of York or the Archbishop of Canterbury. During the Great Schism, the pope at Rome created a different line of bishops that was in the southern part of the diocese. In 1542, an act of Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England included the diocese in the province of York.[6]
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| x1079 | Roolwer | |
| x1079 | William | |
| fl. 1079x1095 | Hamond | |
| el. 1103x1108 | Anonymous | An unnamed bishop is presented for consecration to Gerard, the Archbishop of York. He may or may not have been Wimund. |
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ??? to ??? | Roolwer, Bishop of Man and Bishop of Sodor | Also called Rolf. |
| ??? to ??? | William, Bishop of Man and Bishop of Sodor | |
| 1113 to 1151 | Wimund, Bishop of Sodor and Man | Reymundus |
| 1151 to 1154 | John (I) | Monk of Sais, Normandy |
| 1154 to ???? | Gamaliel | |
| ???? to ???? | Reginald of Norway | |
| ???? to ???? | Christian Orcadensis (Christian of Orkney) |
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| ???? to ???? | Michael | Died (in office?) 1203 |
| 1203 (or 1204) to 1217 | Nicholas de Meaux | Abbot of Furnes (Furness?) |
| 1217 to 1226 | Reginald | |
| 1226 to 1230 | John (II) | |
| 1230 to 1249 | Simon Orcadensis | Simon of Orkney; Simon Arkadiensis; Symon. |
| 1249 to 1249 | Lawrence | Laurence; Archdeacon of Man; shipwrecked and drowned on voyage from Norway before taking up the office |
| 1249 to 1252 | vacant | For nearly 2 years |
| 1252 to 1274 | Richard | Died in office |
| 1275 (or 1280) to 1303 | Mark of Galloway | Mauritius; Promoted by Alexander, King of Scotland; died in office |
| 1303 to 1305 | vacant | |
| 1305 to 15 February 1321 | Allen of Galloway | Onachus of Galloway; John of Galloway; died in office |
| 1321 to 1323 | Gilbert McLelland | Gilbert of Galloway; died in office |
| 1324 to 1333 | Bernard of Kilwinning | Abbot of Kilwinning, Scotland |
| 1334 to 20 September 1348 | Thomas de Rossy of Dunkeld | Died in office |
| 1348 to 21 April 1374 | William Russell | Abbot of Rushen; died in office |
| 1374 to 1380 | John Dongan | John Donkan; John Donkin; John Dunkan; died in office |
| 1381 to ???? | Robert Waldby | Purportedly bishop in 1396, (though disputed by John Le Neve); translated to Dublin |
| 1492 to ???? | Conrad | Omitted from most lists |
| ???? to 1429 | vacant | For 'many years' |
| 1429 to ???? | John Burghersh | Cluniac brother; omitted from most lists |
| 1435 to ???? | John Seyr | Dominican brother; omitted from most lists |
| 1429 to ???? | Richard Pully | Richard Payl; from 1410 in some sources; Franciscan brother |
| 1448 (or (1449) to 1455 | Robert Green | Robert Sprotton; John Sproton; John Grene; John Greene; Vicar of Dunchurch, Warwickshire; Franciscan brother |
| 1455 to March 1457 | Thomas Burton | Franciscan brother; died in office |
| 1458 to 1480 | Thomas | Abbot of Vale Royal, Cheshire; elected 21 June 1458 |
| 1458 to ???? | Angus | Omitted from most lists |
| 1480 to 19 September 1486 | Richard Oldham | Abbot of Chester; died in office |
| 1487 to 1510 | Huan Hisketh | Huan Blackleach; Hugh Hesketh; one source has Blackleach from 1487 and Hesketh from 1503 or 1510 |
| 1510 to 1545 | Thomas Stanley | Rector of Wigan; deprived |
| 1510 to ???? | John Howden | Omitted from most lists |
| 1545 to 1548 | Robert Ferrar | Translated to St Davids |
| 1546 to 1558 | Henry Mann | Dean of Chester; Royal Assent to election given by King Henry VIII on 22 January 1546 |
| 1558 to 1568 | Thomas Stanley | Rector of Winwick as well as Berwick; restored by Queen Mary; died in office |
| 1571 to 1573 | John Salisbury | Nominated 27 March 1569; former abbot of Titchfield Abbey |
| 1573 to 1576 | James Stanley | According to John Le Neve |
| vacant | According to Heylyn | |
| 1576 to 7 November 1599 | John Merick | John Meyrick; Vicar of Hornchurch, Essex; died in office |
| 1599 to 1604 | George Lloyd | (From 1600 according to Haydn); rector of Heswall, Lancashire; translated to Chester |
| 1604 to 6 August 1633 | John Phillips | John Philips; Archdeacon of Cleveland and Man; nominated by King James VI 29 January 1604; consecrated 10 February 1604; died in office |
| 1634 (or 1633) to 1635 | William Forster | William Foster; Prebendary of Chester |
| 1635 to 1643 | Richard Parr | Rector of Lancashire; died in office |
| 1643 (or 1644) to 1661 | vacant | For 17 years (according to Haydn) |
| 1658 to 1661 | Thomas Kirkham | Cistercian brother; omitted from most lists |
| 1661 to 1663 | Samuel Rutter | Archdeacon of Man |
| 1663 to 1671 | Isaac Barrow | Fellow of Eton College; translated to St Asaph but held Sodor & Man 2 years in commendam |
| 1671 to 1682 | Henry Bridgeman | Dean of Chester |
| 1682 to 1684 | John Lake | Archdeacon of Cleveland; translated to Bristol |
| 1684 to 1692 | Baptist Levinz | Baptiste or Baptist Levinge; Prebendary of Winchester |
| 1693 to 1697 | vacant | For 5 years |
| 1697 (or 1698) to 1755 | Thomas Wilson | Of Trinity College, Dublin; died in office |
| 1755 to 1773 | Mark Hiddesley | Mark Hildesley' Vicar of Hitchen, Hertfordshire |
| 1773 to 1780 | Richard Richmond | Vicar of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancashire |
| 1780 to 1783 | George Mason | Died in office |
| 1784 to 1813 | Claudius Crigan | |
| 1813 to 1814 | vacant | |
| 1813 (or 1814) to 1827 | George Murray | Translated to Rochester |
| 1827 to 1838 | William Ward | Died in office |
| 1838 to 1839 | James Bowstead | Translated to Lichfield |
| 1839 (or 1840) to 1841 | Henry Pepys | Translated to Worcester |
| 1841 to 1846 | Thomas Short | Rector of St George's, Bloomsbury; translated to St Asaph |
| 8 November 1846 to 1847 | Walter Shirley | Died in office |
| 1847 to 1854 | The Rt Hon The Lord Auckland (before 1849: The Hon Robert Eden) |
Translated to Bath & Wells |
| 5 July 1854 to 31 May 1877 | The Hon Horatio Powys | Rector of Warrington and rural dean; died in office |
| 17 July 1877 to 27 May 1887 | Rowley Hills DD | Canon of York; died in office |
| 1887 to 1892 | John Bardsley |
Archdeacon of Warrington |
| 1892 to 1907 | Norman Straton | |
| 1907 to 1911 | Thomas Drury | |
| 1911 to 1925 | Denton Thompson | |
| 1925 to 1928 | Charles Thornton-Duesbury | |
| 1928 to 1943 | William Stanton Jones | |
| 1943 to 1954 | John Taylor | |
| 1954 to 1966 | Benjamin Pollard TD DD MSc | |
| 1966 to 1974 | Eric Gordon | |
| 1974 to 1983 | Vernon Nicholls | |
| 1983 to 1989 | Arthur Attwell | |
| 1989 to 2003 | Noel Jones CB BA | |
| 2003 to 2007 | Graeme Knowles AKC | |
| 2008 to date | Robert Patterson MA |