Bishop of Manchester

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox diocese Template:Portal The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.<ref name=crockfords100th>Template:Cite book)</ref><ref name=HOCBC>Template:Cite book</ref>

The current bishop is David Walker who was enthroned on 30 November 2013. The bishop's official residence is Bishopscourt, Broughton, Salford.<ref>Provincial Directory: Manchester. Retrieved 17 February 2009.</ref>

History

The Diocese of Manchester was founded in 1847. With the growth of the population in and around Manchester, the bishop appointed the first suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Hulme, in 1924 to assist in overseeing the diocese. Three years later a second was appointed, the Bishop of Middleton. After nearly sixty years, the third and final suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Bolton, was appointed in 1984.<ref name=manybps>Manchester and its many bishops. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2009.</ref>

List of bishops

Bishops of Manchester
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1848	1869	File:JamesPrinceLee.jpg James Prince Lee	Died in office.
1870	1885	File:Bp James Fraser.jpg James Fraser	Died in office; in the ensuing vacancy, John Mitchinson was acting bishop.<ref>Template:Church Times</ref>
1886	1903	File:James Moorhouse, by Herbert Rose Barraud.jpg James Moorhouse	Translated from Melbourne; retired; died 1915.
1903	1921	File:E A Knox Bp Manchester, Rotary.jpg Edmund Knox	Translated from Coventry; retired; died 1937.
1921	1929	File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A11567 (Archbp Temple crop).jpg William Temple	Translated to York then Canterbury; died in office 1944.
1929	1947	File:No image.svg Guy Warman	Translated from Chelmsford; retired; died 1953.
1947	1970	File:No image.svg William Greer	Retired; died 1972.
1970	1978	File:No image.svg Patrick Rodger	Translated to Oxford; retired; died 2002.
1979	1992<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:No image.svg Stanley Booth-Clibborn	Retired; died 1996.
1993	2002	File:No image.svg Christopher Mayfield	Translated from Wolverhampton; retired.
2002	2013	File:No image.svg Nigel McCulloch	Translated from Wakefield.
2013	incumbent	File:Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Manchester crop 2, 2025.jpg David Walker	Translated from Dudley
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Assistant bishops

Among those who have served as assistant bishops of the diocese are:

• 1887Template:Snd1901 (d.): Francis Cramer-Roberts, Vicar of Blackburn, Archdeacon of Blackburn (1900 onwards) and former Bishop of Nassau<ref>Template:Church Times</ref>

See also

• Church of England
• David Walker (bishop of Manchester)
• Apostolicae curae
• Historical development of Church of England dioceses

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

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