Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness

The Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle, in the Province of York, England. The See was created by Order in Council on 6 April 1889 (under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888)^[1] and took its name after the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Since 1944, the title has been in abeyance.^[2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Barrow-in-Furness
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1889	1909	Henry Ware	Held in plurality with a Residentiary Canonry at Carlisle Cathedral. Died in Office, buried in the English Cemetery, Rome.
1909	1926	Campbell West-Watson	Held in plurality with a Residentiary Canonry at Carlisle Cathedral until 1921, then with the Rectory of Aldingham, near Ulverston, Cumbria. Became Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand.
1926	1944	Herbert Sidney Pelham	Held in plurality with the Rectory of Aldingham. Died in Office, buried in Aldingham Churchyard. A portrait of him hangs in the chancel of the church.
1944	present	in abeyance
Source(s):^[2] Crockford's Clerical Directory 2. D.H.Marston : "The Bishopric of Barrow-in-Furness" (2016)

↑ Church of England — Dormant Suffragan Sees (Accessed 28 April 2016)
1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.

Active suffragan sees

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Alnwick Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Bishopwearmouth Boston Bristol Chelsea Cirencester Coventry Derby Guildford Halifax Hexham Hulme Ipswich Kendal Leicester Assistant Bishop of Leicester Leominster Marlborough Assistant Bishop of Newcastle Northampton Nottingham Oswestry Penrydd Rochdale Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Whalley Wigan
Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop at Lambeth

Barrow-in-Furness
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Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria North West England United Kingdom

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