The Bishop of Stafford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. The Bishop of Stafford has particular episcopal oversight of the parishes in the Archdeaconry of Stoke. The incumbent is The Rt Revd Geoff Annas.[2]
No. | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
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1 | Edward Were | 1909 | 1915 | (1846–1915). Formerly Bishop of Derby |
2 | Lionel Crawfurd | 1915 | 1934 | (1864–1934) |
3 | Douglas Crick | 1934 | 1938 | (1885–1973). Translated to Chester |
4 | Lemprière Hammond | 1938 | 1958 | (1881–1965) |
5 | Richard Clitherow | 1958 | 1974 | (1909–1984) |
6 | John Waine | 1975 | 1978 | (b.1930). Translated to St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
7 | John Waller | 1979 | 1987 | (b.1924) |
8 | Michael Scott-Joynt | 1987 | 1995 | (b.1943). Translated to Winchester |
9 | Christopher Hill | 1996 | 2004 | (b.1945). Translated to Guildford |
10 | Gordon Mursell | 2005 | 2010 | (b.1949) |
11 | Geoff Annas | 2010[2] | present | (b.1953) |
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