Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham
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The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in the Province of York.<ref name=crockfords100th>Crockford's Clerical Directory, 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. Template:ISBN.</ref><ref>The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Template:Webarchive. (Official website). Retrieved on 18 November 2008.</ref>
The diocese covers Template:Convert including the whole of Nottinghamshire and a small area of South Yorkshire. The see is in the town of Southwell where the seat is located at the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as Southwell Minster), which was elevated to cathedral status in 1884. The bishop's residence is Bishop's Manor, Southwell<ref>Template:Crockford</ref> — in the minster precincts.
The diocese was created in 1884. Until 2005 it was known simply by the name "Southwell"; Nottingham was added to the title in that year. The current bishop is Paul Williams, whose election was confirmed on 11 May 2015.<ref name="Williams">Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham — Election of new Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham confirmed Template:Webarchive (Accessed 24 May 2015)</ref> There are 314 church buildings in the Diocese.
The bishop is assisted by the suffragan Bishop of Sherwood, the current incumbent being Andy Emerton.
List of bishops
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Assistant bishops
Among those called Assistant Bishop of Southwell:
- 1901Template:Snd1913 (res.): Hamilton Baynes, Vicar of Nottingham, former Bishop of Natal and later Assistant Bishop and Provost of Birmingham<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
- 1934Template:Snd1943 (d.): Neville Talbot, Vicar of St Mary's, Nottingham and former Bishop of Pretoria<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
- 1944Template:Snd1945 (res.): Douglas Wilson, former Bishop of British Honduras; became Bishop of Trinidad<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
- 1946Template:Snd1952: John Weller, Vicar of Edwalton (until 1949), Rector of Holme Pierrepont (from 1951) and former Bishop of the Falkland Islands and in Argentina and Eastern South America<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
- November 1952Template:Snd1968 (death): Morris Gelsthorpe, former Bishop in Sudan
- 1960–1971 (ret.):<ref>Template:Church Times</ref> Mark Way, Rector of Averham, former Bishop of Masasi
- 1972–1977 (ret.):<ref>Template:Church Times</ref> Bernard Markham, Rector of East Bridgford, former Bishop of Nassau<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
See also
References
External links
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