Bishop of Colchester

The Bishop of Colchester is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury, England.[1]

The title takes its name after the town of Colchester in Essex, and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. The suffragan bishops have been under the juridiction of a number of different dioceses. They were originally appointed for the diocese of London, but changed in 1845 for the diocese of Rochester, and again in 1877 for the diocese of St Albans. With the creation of the diocese of Chelmsford in 1914, the suffragan bishops now come under the juridiction of the Bishop of Chelmsford.[1]

List of the Bishops of Colchester

No. Incumbent From Until Notes
1 William More 1536 1541 Consecrated on 22 October 1536; died in 1541.[2]
– in abeyance 1541 1592
2 John Sterne 1592 1608 Consecrated on 12 November 1592; died in 1608.[2]
– in abeyance 1608 1882
3 Alfred Blomfield 1882 1894
4 Henry Johnson 1894 1909
5 Robert Whitcombe 1909 1922
6 Thomas Chapman 1922 1933
7 Charles Ridsdale 1933 1946
8 Frederick Narborough 1946 1966
9 Roderic Coote 1966 1988 Formerly Bishop of Fulham
10 Michael Vickers 1988 1995
11 Edward Holland 1995 2001 Formerly Bishop in Europe
12 Christopher Morgan 2001 present

References

  1. ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  2. ^ a b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

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